SHRINE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

2.
n.

Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like. Too weak the sacred shrine guard. Byron.

3.
n.

A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.

4.
v.

To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. "Shrined in his sanctuary." Milton.


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