enshrining

Verb

enshrine (third-person singular simple present enshrines, present participle enshrining, simple past and past participle enshrined)

1. (transitive) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
   • A Phœnix, gaz'd by all, as that ſole Bird / When, to enſhrine his reliques in the Sun’s / Bright temple, to Ægyptian Theb's he flies.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
2. (broadly, transitive) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
   • Warlike and Martiall Talbot, Burgonie / Inſhrines thee in his heart, and there erects / Thy noble Deeds, as Valors Monuments.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
3. (figuratively) To protect (an idea, ideal, or philosophy) within an official law or treaty.
   • Other measures, such as compensation for victims, will be enshrined in the proposed new law.