shrine
Plural: shrines
Noun
- a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- 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.
- A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
- A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.
Verb
Verb Forms: shrined, shrining, shrines
- To enclose or place in a sacred shrine.
- enclose in a shrine
- "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"
- To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.
Examples
- a shrine of art
- He would SHRINE that winning word in his memory forever.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”), “case or chest for books or papers” in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
shrine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshrine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shrine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
shrine: valid Words With Friends Word