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  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.
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     2. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
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              Too weak the sacred shrine guard.     --Byron.
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     3. A place or object hallowed from its history or
        associations; as, a shrine of art.
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     4. Short for
  
     Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a
        secret fraternal organization 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. A member of the order is popularly called a
        Shriner, and the order itself is sometimes called the
        Shriners.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

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

  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.

  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.

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

  shrine
     n.
     1 A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor,
  hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said
  figure is venerated or worshipped.
     2 A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited
  sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
     3 (lb en figuratively) A place or object hallowed from its history or
  associations.
     vb.
     To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

  shrine
     n.
     1 A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor,
  hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said
  figure is venerated or worshipped.
     2 A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited
  sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
     3 (lb en figuratively) A place or object hallowed from its history or
  associations.
     vb.
     To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

  shrine
     n.
     1 A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor,
  hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said
  figure is venerated or worshipped.
     2 A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited
  sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
     3 (lb en figuratively) A place or object hallowed from its history or
  associations.
     vb.
     To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

  shrine
     n.
     1 A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor,
  hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said
  figure is venerated or worshipped.
     2 A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited
  sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
     3 (lb en figuratively) A place or object hallowed from its history or
  associations.
     vb.
     To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

  shrine
     Englanti n.
     pyhäkkö, pyhättö

  shrine
     Engelska n.
     helgedom

  Shrine /ʃɹˈaɪn/
  الضريح

  shrine //ʃɹaɪ̯n// 
  1. сандъче за мощи
  a case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics
  2. храм, гробница на светец, светиня
  a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect

  shrine /ʃɹˈaɪn/
  svatyně

  shrine /ʃɹˈaɪn/
  Heiligengrab 
   see: shrines
  

  shrine /ʃɹˈaɪn/
  Schrein , Heiligenschrein 
   see: shrines
  

  shrine /ʃɹˈaɪn/
  
  λάρνακα, παρεκκλήσι

  shrine //ʃɹaɪ̯n// 
  alttari, pyhäkkö, pyhättö
  a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect

  shrine /ʃɹˈaɪn/
  grob, grobnica, hram, mjesto hodočašća, oltar, svetinja, svetište

  shrine /ʃɹˈaɪn/
  1. díszes síremlék
  2. oltár
  3. kegyhely
  4. síremlék
  5. szentély
  6. szent hely
  7. ereklyetartó

  shrine //ʃɹaɪ̯n// 
  神社, 聖堂, 聖地
  a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect

  shrine //ʃɹaɪ̯n// 
  helgenskrin, skrin
  a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect

  shrine /ʃraɪn/ 
    święte miejsce

  shrine //ʃɹaɪ̯n// 
  helgedom, mecka, vallfärdsplats
  a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect

  shrine /ʃɹˈaɪn/
  1. azizlerden kalma kemik gibi bakıyelerin muhafaza olunduğu ufak sandık
  2. bir azizin kabri, türbe
  3. tahsis ve takdis olunmuş yer
  4. (nad.) kutsal bir yere koymak, mukaddes tutmak.

  
/ˈʃɹaɪn/

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "shrine":
     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
  
  

  n. 圣地,神龛,庙;
  v. 将...置于神龛内;

     n. 圣地,神龛,庙
     vt. 将…置于神龛内