shrine

shrine

S0375400 (shrīn) n. 1. A place of religious devotion or commemoration, such as: a. a place where devotion is paid to a deity or deities, as in Shinto. b. the tomb of a saint or other venerated person. c. a location where an important event in the life of a holy person is thought to have occurred. 2. A container or receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary. 3. A site hallowed by association with a revered person or object or with an important event: Independence Hall, shrine of American liberty. tr.v. shrined, shrin·ing, shrines To enshrine.

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[Middle English, reliquary, shrine, from Old English scrīn, coffer for precious objects, reliquary, from Latin scrīnium, chest or case for books or papers, of unknown origin.]

shrine

(ʃraɪn) n1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a place of worship hallowed by association with a sacred person or object2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a container for sacred relics3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the tomb of a saint or other holy person4. a place or site venerated for its association with a famous person or event5. (Ecclesiastical Terms) RC Church a building, alcove, or shelf arranged as a setting for a statue, picture, or other representation of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saintvb short for enshrine[Old English scrīn, from Latin scrīnium bookcase; related to Old Norse skrin, Old High German skrīni] ˈshrineˌlike adj

shrine

(ʃraɪn)

n., v. shrined, shrin•ing. n. 1. any structure or place consecrated or devoted to some saint, holy person, or deity, as an altar, chapel, church, or the like. 2. a building enclosing the remains or relics of a saint. 3. any place or object hallowed by its history or associations: a historic shrine. 4. a receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary. v.t. 5. to enshrine. [before 1000; Middle English schrine, Old English scrīn (c. Old Frisian, Old Norse skrīn, Old High German scrīni) < Latin scrīnium case for papyrus rolls]

shrine

Past participle: shrined
Gerund: shrining

Imperative
shrine
shrine

Present
I shrine
you shrine
he/she/it shrines
we shrine
you shrine
they shrine

Preterite
I shrined
you shrined
he/she/it shrined
we shrined
you shrined
they shrined

Present Continuous
I am shrining
you are shrining
he/she/it is shrining
we are shrining
you are shrining
they are shrining

Present Perfect
I have shrined
you have shrined
he/she/it has shrined
we have shrined
you have shrined
they have shrined

Past Continuous
I was shrining
you were shrining
he/she/it was shrining
we were shrining
you were shrining
they were shrining

Past Perfect
I had shrined
you had shrined
he/she/it had shrined
we had shrined
you had shrined
they had shrined

Future
I will shrine
you will shrine
he/she/it will shrine
we will shrine
you will shrine
they will shrine

Future Perfect
I will have shrined
you will have shrined
he/she/it will have shrined
we will have shrined
you will have shrined
they will have shrined

Future Continuous
I will be shrining
you will be shrining
he/she/it will be shrining
we will be shrining
you will be shrining
they will be shrining

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shrining
you have been shrining
he/she/it has been shrining
we have been shrining
you have been shrining
they have been shrining

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shrining
you will have been shrining
he/she/it will have been shrining
we will have been shrining
you will have been shrining
they will have been shrining

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shrining
you had been shrining
he/she/it had been shrining
we had been shrining
you had been shrining
they had been shrining

Conditional
I would shrine
you would shrine
he/she/it would shrine
we would shrine
you would shrine
they would shrine

Past Conditional
I would have shrined
you would have shrined
he/she/it would have shrined
we would have shrined
you would have shrined
they would have shrined

shrine

A cabinet or table which contains representations of the Three Jewels. These are a statue, the holy books wrapped in cloth, and a stupa. The shrine also contains offering bowls, pictures of gurus, flowers, lights, statues of other buddhas. In Tibetan Buddhism the shrines are very ornate.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shrine - a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or personoracle - a shrine where an oracular god is consultedhouse of God, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship - any building where congregations gather for prayerstupa, tope - a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists
Verb	1.	shrine - enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"enshrineinclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

shrine

noun1. holy place, temple, sanctuary, altar, church, tabernacle, Holy City, place of pilgrimage the holy shrine of Mecca2. memorial, tribute, cairn, monument a shrine to the dead and the missing3. vault, crypt, catacomb, sepulchre He was given his ceremonial shave in front of the family shrine.

shrine

nounA sacred or holy place:sacrarium, sanctorium, sanctuary, sanctum.

Translations

圣地圣坛神圣场所神殿神龛

shrine

(ʃrain) noun1. a holy or sacred place. Many people visited the shrine where the saint lay buried. 聖地，神聖場所 圣地，神圣场所 2. a usually highly-decorated case for holding holy objects. 聖壇，神龕 圣坛，神龛

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