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enshrine, v.|ɛnˈʃraɪn|
Also 6–8 inshrine, (6 enshryne, 7 inscrine).
[f. en-1 + shrine.]
1. trans. To enclose (a sacred relic, the image of a deity or saint) in a shrine; to place (a revered or precious object) in an appropriate receptacle.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. ii. xiii. (1612) 60 Philoctes..His ashes did conuay To Italy, inshrined in his Temple there to stay. 1623Massinger Dk. Milan ii. i, Though but a ducat, We will enshrine it as a holy relic. 1667Milton P.L. i. 719 To inshrine Belus or Serapis thir Gods. a1744Pope Wife of Bath 249 [The tomb] where enshrin'd the great Darius lay. 1820W. Irving Sketch-bk. I. 267 The remains of those saints and monarchs which lie enshrined in the adjoining chapels. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvii. (1828) IV. 413 The snake-devouring ibis these inshrine.
fig.1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 119 Burgonie Inshrines thee in his heart. 1661Morgan Sph. Gentry i. vii. 98 Next to his bosom in whom she [Eve] was inscrined. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 598 True image of the Father..enshrined In fleshly tabernacle. a1743Savage Verses to Knight (R.) In whose transcendent mind Are wisdom, purity, and truth enshrined. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. II. 264 Papal orthodoxy sat enshrined in the Escurial.
humorously.1851D. Jerrold St. Giles ix. 89 He was, ere the church-bell ceased, enshrined in the family pew.
†b. To conceal as within a shrine. Obs.
1583Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 89 Thee stars imparted no light..And the moon enshryned with closet clowdye remayned. 1596Spenser Hymn Beauty 188 What booteth that celestiall ray, If it in darkness be enshrined ever.
2. To contain as a shrine does; to serve as a shrine for (something sacred or precious). Also fig.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. vii. 128 The greatest God of all My brest inshrines. 1849Robertson Serm. Ser. i. iii. (1866) 41 A poetical shape..enshrining an inner and a deeper truth. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxi. 266 The first warm snows..enshrine the flowery growths.
Hence enˈshrined ppl. a. enˈshrinement, the action of enshrining, in quot. fig.; also concr. that which enshrines or envelopes; in pl. the surroundings. enˈshrining vbl. n.
1795Southey Joan of Arc iv. 135 The slant sunbeam Falls on the arms inshrined. 1849Fraser's Mag. XXXIX. 717 This mystery, in all its enshrinements, has the ædes of Egypt striven to express. 1872Holland Marb. Proph. 8 The enshrinement of the Christian faith In sign and symbol. 1868Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 271 The enshrining of his glorious divinity in them. |