2 entries under this word

Shrine

Shrine, n.

noun

n. [See SCRINE.]

Sense 1. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which sacred relics are deposited.

Sense 2. Hence, any sacred place; an altar; a place of worship. “Too weak the sacred shrine to guard.” Byron.

Sense 3. Hence, a place hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.

An engraved illustration of an ornate Gothic shrine or reliquary mounted on a rectangular base.
Shrine. (1.)

Shrine, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To enshrine; to place. “Shrined in his sanctuary.” Milton.