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- Dictionaryshrine/ʃrʌɪn/
noun
- 1. a place regarded as holy because of its associations with a divinity or a sacred person or relic, marked by a building or other construction: "the medieval pilgrim route to the shrine of St James" Similar
verb
- 1. enshrine: literary "a goddess shrined in every tree"
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a place for worship that is holy because of a connection with a holy person or object: Islam's most sacred shrine is at Mecca in Saudi Arabia. a special place in which you remember and praise someone who has died, especially someone famous: She's turned her bedroom into a shrine to the dead pop star and covered the walls with pictures of him.
1. a. : a case, box, or receptacle. especially : one in which sacred relics (such as the bones of a saint) are deposited. b. : a place in which devotion is paid to a saint or deity : sanctuary. c. : a niche containing a religious image. 2. : a receptacle (such as a tomb) for the dead. 3. : a place or object hallowed by its associations. shrine.
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. any place or object hallowed by its history or associations: a historic shrine.
a place for worship that is holy because of a connection with a holy person or object: Islam's most sacred shrine is at Mecca in Saudi Arabia. a special place in which you remember and praise someone who has died, especially someone famous: She's turned her bedroom into a shrine to the dead pop star and covered the walls with pictures of him.
Definition of shrine noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A shrine is a place that people visit and treat with respect because it is connected with a dead person or with dead people that they want to remember. The monument has been turned into a shrine to the dead and the missing.
Think of a shrine as a niche or case in which the spirit of someone special is kept. It could be a statue or some other form of commemoration to either a person or a relic. A shrine can be as small as a tiny mantel in your house or it can be as massive as a building commemorating, or shrining, a sacred person.
1. A place of religious devotion or commemoration, such as: a. a place where devotion is paid to a deity or deities, as in Shinto. b. the tomb of a saint or other venerated person. c. a location where an important event in the life of a holy person is thought to have occurred. 2. A container or receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary. 3.
SHRINE meaning: 1 : a place connected with a holy person or event where people go to worship; 2 : a place that people visit because it is connected with someone or something that is important to them.
SHRINE definition: a place where people go to pray because it is connected with a holy person or event. Learn more.
