shrine

English

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Etymology

Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn “reliquary, ark of the covenant”, from Latin scrinium “case or chest for books or papers”. Of unknown origin. Compare Old Norse skrin, Old High German skrini

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃraɪn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

shrine (plural shrines)

1. A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
2. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
3. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.

   a shrine of art

Related terms

• enshrine
• Shriner

Translations

a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect

• Albanian: shenjtë (sq)
• Arabic: ضَريحٌ (ar) (DariiH) m
• Armenian: սրբավայր (hy) (srbavayr)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神社 (cmn) (shénshè), 聖地 (cmn), 圣地 (cmn) (shèngdì), 聖堂 (cmn), 圣堂 (cmn) (shèngtáng)

• Czech: svatyně (cs) f
• Dutch: schrijn (nl)
• Esperanto: adorejo (eo)
• Estonian: pühapaik (et)
• Finnish: pyhäkkö (fi), pyhättö (fi), alttari (fi)
• French: sanctuaire (fr) m, châsse (fr) f, lieu saint (fr) m
• Georgian: ტაძარი (ka) (tadzari), საკურთხეველი (ka) (sakurt‘xeveli), აკლდამა (ka) (akldama)
• German: Schrein (de) m
• Greek: ιερό (el) (ʰieró) n, λάρνακα (el) (lárnaka) f

  Ancient: ἄδυτον n

• Hebrew: מקדש (he) (miqdash) m
• Hindi: मन्दिर (hi) (mandir) m, दरगाह (hi) (dargāh)
• Hungarian: kegyhely (hu), búcsújáróhely (hu)
• Italian: reliquiario (it) m, santuario (it) m
• Japanese: 聖堂 (ja) (せいどう, seidō), 聖地 (ja) (せいち, seichi), (Shinto shrine) 神社 (ja) (じんじゃ, jinja)

• Korean: 성당 (ko) (seongdang), 신사 (ko) (sinsa)
• Latin: aedicula (la) f, delubrum (la) n, sacellum (la) n, aedis  (la) f
• Latvian: svētnīca (lv) f
• Lithuanian: šventykla (lt) f
• Macedonian: параклис (mk) (páraklis) m
• Mongolian: бунхан (mn) (bunhan)
• Norwegian: skrin (no), helgenskrin (no)
• Persian: زيارتگاه (fa)
• Polish: świątynia (pl) f, ‎miejsce kultu n
• Portuguese: relicário (pt) m, santuário (pt) m
• Russian: рака (ru) (ráka) f, святыня (ru) (svjatýnja) f, храм (ru) (xram) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: светиња (sh) f, шкриња (sh) f, храм (sh) m, светиштe (sh) n

  Roman: svetinja (sh) f, škrinja (sh) f, hram (sh) m, svetište (sh) n

• Slovak: svätyňa (sk) f
• Spanish: relicario (es) m
• Swedish: helgedom (sv)
• Turkish: türbe (tr), mabet (tr)
• Welsh: cysegrfan (cy)

Verb

shrine (third-person singular simple present shrines, present participle shrining, simple past and past participle shrined)

1. To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

   Shrined in his sanctuary. — Milton.

Translations

enshrine — see enshrine

Anagrams

• shiner