Look up: shrine

1. Shrine
   A shrine is a feretory or repository for relics, whether fixed, such as a tomb, or moveable. The term is also sometimes applied to the tomb of a person not canonized. Shrines were often made of the most Splendid and costly materials, and enriched with jewellery in profusion, as that of St. Taurin, a...
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2. Shrine
   A holy place, where people often worship.
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3. shrine
   [n] - a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
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4. Shrine
   A structure of stone or metal in which a relic of a saint was placed.
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5. shrine
   Place regarded as holy due to an association with a divine figure, relic, or event. Shrines are important places in most religions, and are often a focus of worship or
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6. Shrine
   Shrine (shrīn) noun [ Middle English schrin , Anglo-Saxon scrīn , from Latin scrinium a case, chest, box.] 1. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a sa...
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7. Shrine
   Shrine transitive verb To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. ' Shrined in his sanctuary.' Milton.
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8. Shrine
   Shrine noun 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, esta...
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9. shrine
   noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
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10. 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 o...
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11. shrine
    (from the article `miracle`) Miracles are often connected with special sacred places. Normally these are natural shrines, such as sacred groves, or temples and sanctuaries in ... ...(Káros) is assignable to the Early Bronze Age. In Crete during the Early Palace Period, there were many open-air sanctuaries on the tops of hills ......
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12. shrine
    shrine 1. A place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person. 2. A case, or other container, for sacred relics; such as, the bones of a saint. 3. The tomb of a saint or other revered figure. 4. A niche, ledge, or alcove for a religious icon; for example, in a church. 5. ...
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13. shrine
    shrine: see pilgrim.
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14. shrine
    Place regarded as holy due to an association with a divine figure, relic, or event. Shrines are important places in most religions, and are often a focus of worship or meditation
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15. Shrine
    a special place set aside for the worship of a god or goddess. This was often a small niche in the wall of an ancient Egyptian house. A shrine could also mean a special and grand temple.
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16. Shrine
    "case or chest for books or papers"; Old French: escrin "box or case") is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are venerated or worshipped. Shrines often co...
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