shrine

shrine [shrahyn] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for shrine on Thesaurus.com noun

1. 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.
2. any place or object hallowed by its history or associations: a historic shrine.
3. any structure or place consecrated or devoted to some saint, holy person, or deity, as an altar, chapel, church, or temple.
4. a receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary.

verb (used with object), shrined, shrin·ing.

5. to enshrine.

Origin of shrine before 1000; Middle English schrine, Old English scrīn (cognate with German Schrein, Dutch schrijn) Latin scrīnium case for books and papersRelated formsshrine·less, adjectiveshrine·like, adjectiveun·shrined, adjective Related Words for shrine sanctuary, altar, church, mausoleum, temple, chapel, sepulcher, sanctum, grave, reliquary, enshrinement Examples from the Web for shrine Contemporary Examples of shrine

Many clients come from the neighborhood surrounding the shrine.

Mother Cabrini, Saint of the Green Card

Michael Luongo

November 11, 2014

Denied in his green-card application, he said, “I came instantly that day,” to the shrine.

Mother Cabrini, Saint of the Green Card

Michael Luongo

November 11, 2014

One of the most important rooms in the temple is the shrine of Sheik Adi ibn Musafir.

Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple

Michael Luongo

August 21, 2014

In a long struggle with a smack addiction, he made novenas at the Shrine of St. Jude, patron of hopeless cases.

The Cradle of Jazz, Blues and Gospel Endlessly Rocking

Jason Berry

April 25, 2014

Justin Bieber was forced to apologize for his visit to the shrine this week.

Caroline Kennedy Is Big in Japan

Kyle Mizokami

April 23, 2014

Historical Examples of shrine

At the back of the garden you can see a shrine to the household gods.

Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae

Jennie Hall

The church became the shrine of the eikon of the Theotokos 227Hodegetria.

Byzantine Churches in Constantinople

Alexander Van Millingen

The darkness of the shrine symbolises the darkness of the world, of life and death and being.

Things as They Are

Amy Wilson-Carmichael

But the oracle comes because we had previously laid siege to the shrine.

Essays, First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson

But the crowd had heard him and the insult offered to the shrine.

The Strolling Saint

Raphael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for shrine shrine noun

1. a place of worship hallowed by association with a sacred person or object
2. a container for sacred relics
3. the tomb of a saint or other holy person
4. a place or site venerated for its association with a famous person or event
5. 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

verb

6. short for enshrine

Derived Formsshrinelike, adjectiveWord Origin for shrine Old English scrīn, from Latin scrīnium bookcase; related to Old Norse skrin, Old High German skrīni Word Origin and History for shrine n.

Old English scrin “ark (of the covenant); chest, coffer; case for relics,” from Latin scrinium “case or box for keeping papers,” of unknown origin. From late 14c. as “a tomb of a saint” (usually elaborate and large). A widespread word, cf. Dutch schrijn, German Schrein, French écrin, Russian skrynya, Lithuanian skrine.