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English Dictionary: enshrine by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enshrine
v
  1. enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"
    Synonym(s): enshrine, shrine
  2. hold sacred
    Synonym(s): enshrine, saint
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enshrine \En*shrine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enshrined}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Enshrining}.]
      To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or
      cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in
      memory.
  
               We will enshrine it as holy relic.         --Massinger.
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