SHRINE
\ʃɹˈa͡ɪn], \ʃɹˈaɪn], \ʃ_ɹ_ˈaɪ_n]\
Definitions of SHRINE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
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enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
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Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
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A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
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To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
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Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
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A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
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To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
By Noah Webster.
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A case or box in which sacred relics are kept; the tomb of a saint; any sacred place or hallowed object; an altar.
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To put in a sacred place.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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