Shrine

Shrine
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. [1913 Webster]

2. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like. [1913 Webster]

Too weak the sacred shrine guard. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

3. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art. [1913 Webster]

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • shrine — [ʃraın] n [: Old English; Origin: scrin, from Latin scrinium case, box ] 1.) a place that is connected with a holy event or holy person, and that people visit to pray shrine of/to ▪ his pilgrimage to the shrine of St John 2.) a place that people… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Shrine — Shrine, v. t. To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. Shrined in his sanctuary. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shrine — (n.) O.E. scrin ark of the covenant, case for relics, from L. scrinium case or box for keeping papers, of unknown origin. A Shriner (1884) is a member of the Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (est. 1872) …   Etymology dictionary

  • shrine — index monument, reminder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • shrine — [ ʃraın ] noun count 1. ) a religious place built to remember a particular holy person or event a ) a place that you respect because it is related to a person, activity, or event that you admire 2. ) a container for holding religious RELICS such… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shrine — [n] tribute to a god, idol, or spirit altar, chapel, church, enshrinement, grave, hallowed place, holy place, mausoleum, reliquary, sacred place, sanctorium, sanctuary, sanctum, sepulcher, temple; concepts 368,439,448 …   New thesaurus

  • shrine — ► NOUN 1) a place regarded as holy because of its associations with a divinity or a sacred person. 2) a casket containing sacred relics; a reliquary. 3) a niche or enclosure containing a religious statue or other object. ► VERB literary ▪… …   English terms dictionary

  • shrine — [shrīn] n. [ME schrin < OE scrin < L scrinium, chest, box, orig., a round container < IE * (s)krei < base * (s)ker , to turn: see SHRINK] 1. a) RELIQUARY b) a niche or other setting for a statue, picture, or other object arousing or… …   English World dictionary

  • Shrine — A shrine, from the Latin scrinium (‘box’; also used as a desk, like the French bureau ) was originally a container, usually made of precious materials, used especially for a relic and often a cult image. By extension it has come to mean a holy or …   Wikipedia

  • shrine — n. 1) to consecrate; create, establish a shrine 2) to desecrate a shrine 3) a sacred shrine 4) a shrine to 5) at a shrine (to pray at a shrine) * * * [ʃraɪn] create establish a shrine a sacred shrine a shrine to to consecrate to desecrate a shri …   Combinatory dictionary

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