Category:Shrine

Shrine, n. Etym: [oe. schrin, as. scrin, 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.

Shrine Shrine, v. t.

Defn: to enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. "shrined in His sanctuary." Milton.