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shrine


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shrine  \Shrine\,  v.  t. 
  To  enshrine;  to  place  reverently,  as  in  a  shrine.  ``Shrined 
  in  his  sanctuary.''  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shrine 
  n  :  a  place  of  worship  hallowed  by  association  with  some  sacred 
  thing  or  person 
  v  :  enclose  in  a  shrine,  as  of  an  object  for  religious  purposes 
  [syn:  {enshrine}] 




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