shrine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shrine	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for shrine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): enshrine, shrine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrine \Shrine\, v. t. To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. [bd]Shrined in his sanctuary.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrine \Shrine\ (shr[imac]n), n. [OE. schrin, AS. scr[c6]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.