Look up: shrine

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   Shrine
   A holy place, where people often worship.
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   shrine
   [n] - a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
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   Shrine
   A structure of stone or metal in which a relic of a saint was placed.
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   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. Buddhist shrines...
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   Shrine
   A small Roman/Romano-British site with limited construction work for religious purposes, often open to the air. This was purposeful so as to keep as it natural as possible. Shrines might include carvings on the natural rock available, for example that at Yardhope and Rob o'Risingham, West Woodburn (both Northumberland), or some walling for benches ...
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   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 saint. 2. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like. « Too weak the sacred shrine guard.» Byron. 3. ...
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   Shrine
   Shrine transitive verb To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. ' Shrined in his sanctuary.' Milton.
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   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, 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 ...
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   shrine
   noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
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    Shrine
    A `shrine`, from the Latin `scrinium` is originally a container, usually in precious materials, especially for a relic and often a cult image, and by extension the holy or sacred place containing the reliquary or tomb, dedicated to a particular hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect. Shrines may be enclosures within temples, home altars, and sacred burial places. A shrine where offerings are made is called an altar. Secular mea...
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    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 adm...
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    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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    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. A place at which devotion is paid to a venerated person. ...
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    shrine
    shrine: see pilgrim.
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