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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHRINE, n. [L. scrinium.] A case or box; particularly applied to a case in which sacred things are deposited. Hence we hear much of shrines for relics.
Come, offer at my shrine, and I will help thee. Shak.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person v
1: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scr?n, from Latin scrinium case, chest Date: before 12th century 1. a. a case, box, or receptacle; especially one in which sacred relics (as the bones of a saint) are deposited b. a place in which devotion is paid to a saint or deity ; sanctuary c. a niche containing a religious image 2. a receptacle (as a tomb) for the dead 3. a place or object hallowed by its associations II. transitive verb (shrined; shrining) Date: 14th century enshrine

Britannica Concise

Oldest Shinto shrine in Japan (the present building is said to date from 1346), located northwest of Izumo on the island of Honshu. The temple complex covers 40 acres and contains a valuable art collection. Enclosed by hills on three sides, it is approached through an avenue of pines. Most of its present buildings were constructed in the 19th cent.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 esp. RC Ch. a a chapel, church, altar, etc., sacred to a saint, holy person, relic, etc. b the tomb of a saint etc. c a casket esp. containing sacred relics; a reliquary. d a niche containing a holy statue etc. 2 a place associated with or containing memorabilia of a particular person, event, etc. 3 a Shinto place of worship. --v.tr. poet. enshrine. Etymology: OE scrin f. Gmc f. L scrinium case for books etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shrine Shrine, v. t. To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. ``Shrined in his sanctuary.'' --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shrine Shrine (shr[imac]n), n. [OE. schrin, AS. scr[=i]n, from L. scrinium a case, chest, box.] 1. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint. 2. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like. Too weak the sacred shrine guard. --Byron. 3. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shrine Shrine, n. Short for Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a secret order professedly originated by one Kalif Alu, a son-in-law of Mohammed, at Mecca, in the year of the Hegira 25 (about 646 a. d.) In the modern order, established in the United States in 1872, only Knights Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible for admission, though the order itself is not Masonic.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(shrines) 1. A shrine is a place of worship which is associated with a particular holy person or object. ...the holy shrine of Mecca. N-COUNT 2. A shrine is a place that people visit and treat with respect because it is connected with a dead person or with dead people that they want to remember. The monument has been turned into a shrine to the dead and the missing. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shrin (@naos]): In Ac 19:24 small models of temples for Diana.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Reliquary, sacred tomb. 2. Altar, sacred place, sacred object, hallowed place.

Moby Thesaurus

arch, barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, boundary stone, box grave, brass, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, bust, cairn, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cist, cist grave, column, cromlech, cross, crypt, cup, cyclolith, dagoba, deep six, delubrum, dokhma, dolmen, enshrinement, footstone, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, holy place, house of death, inscription, last home, long home, low green tent, low house, marker, mastaba, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, monolith, monstrance, monument, mound, mummy chamber, naos, narrow house, necrology, obelisk, obituary, ossuarium, ossuary, passage grave, pillar, pit, plaque, prize, pyramid, reliquaire, reliquary, remembrance, resting place, ribbon, rostral column, sacrarium, sanctuary, sanctum, sepulcher, shaft, shaft grave, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, tower of silence, trophy, tumulus, vault