shrine
a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
any place or object hallowed by its history or associations: a historic shrine.
any structure or place consecrated or devoted to some saint, holy person, or deity, as an altar, chapel, church, or temple.
a receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary.
Origin of shrine
1Other words from shrine
- shrineless, adjective
- shrinelike, adjective
- un·shrined, adjective
Words Nearby shrine
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How to use shrine in a sentence
Working with wood, bark and found objects, Frazier devises ritual objects, one of which is presented as a shrine behind a phalanx of half-melted candles.
In the galleries: A focus on the intersection of art and movement | Mark Jenkins | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostVegetarian restaurants are commonplace near Buddhist temples and shrines.
How China Could Change the World by Taking Meat Off the Menu | Charlie Campbell/Shanghai | January 22, 2021 | TimeThe basement became both a shrine and a testament to the seriousness of what Moses learned from Hatcher and Williams about availability.
Inside a week of recovery with Morgan Moses, one of Washington’s toughest players | Sam Fortier | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostThe house was built about 1802 by Martha Washington’s grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, who maintained the mansion as a shrine to her husband, George Washington.
Arlington House, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s former home, won’t be a symbol of the county for long | Patricia Sullivan | December 16, 2020 | Washington PostThe Insta-famous slab of steel was poised to replace the void left by the removal of the Into the Wild school bus in Alaska and take the mantle of world’s dumbest backcountry shrine.
He now stood by the sidewalk shrine to the two fallen officers and said.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops | Michael Daly | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany clients come from the neighborhood surrounding the shrine.
Beijing also demanded that Abe declare he will no longer pay visits to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo.
Denied in his green-card application, he said, “I came instantly that day,” to the shrine.
“Singing for me, is a prayer,” Nozomi Kawaguchi, the Tokyo-born cantor of Mother Cabrini shrine, said.
Nervy as men are made, MacRae worshiped at the shrine of an even break, a square deal for friend or foe.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairPossibly it is due to the fact that it did not possess any such shrine, and so did not attract pilgrims.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas PerkinsThrough this shrine, and the daily loving offices required by it, she had never ceased to be a presence in the house.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaIt has shone on cathedral spire and dome, and, emblazoned with gold and costly gems, has gleamed on many a sacred shrine.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowBut the dim brightness, concentrated upon the holy things, looked like a ray from Heaven shining down upon the unadorned shrine.
An Episode Under the Terror | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for shrine
/ (ʃraɪn) /
a place of worship hallowed by association with a sacred person or object
a container for sacred relics
the tomb of a saint or other holy person
a place or site venerated for its association with a famous person or event
RC Church a building, alcove, or shelf arranged as a setting for a statue, picture, or other representation of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint
short for enshrine
Origin of shrine
1Derived forms of shrine
- shrinelike, adjective
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