shrine
/ʃɹaɪ̯n/
shrine noun: a holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
Noun
shrine (plural shrines)
- A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
- Entering the tunnel, we pass a small shrine above our heads which contains a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of tunnellers. It is traditional to have such shrines on every tunnel site.2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41
- A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
- A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.
- a shrine of art
Verb
shrine (third-person singular simple present shrines, present participle shrining, simple past and past participle shrined)
- To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.
- Shrined in his sanctuary.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, 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...
shrine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
shrine in Hindi
- a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect
- मंदिर mandir, दरगाह dargāh, मज़ार mazār
shrine in Tamil
- புண்ணியத்தலம், சிறு மடம், சிறு கோவில்
shrine in Urdu
- a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect
- دَرْگاہ dargāh, مَنْدِر mandir, مَزار mazār
shrine in Bengali
- তীর্থস্থান, মাজার, পবিত্র আধার
More languagesFewer languages
- shrine in Telugu
- పుణ్యక్షేత్రం
- shrine in Malayalam
- ദേവാലയം, ദേവാവസ്ഥം, ക്ഷേത്രം, ദേവകുടം
- shrine in Kannada
- ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ, ದೇವಾಲಯ, ಗುಡಿ, ಮಂದಿರ
- shrine in Punjabi
- ਦੇਹਰਾ dehrā
- shrine in Arabic
- ضَرِيح ḍarīḥ
- shrine in Malay
- kuil, keramat
- shrine in Thai
- ศาลเจ้า sǎan-jâao, สักการสถาน sàk-gaa-rá-sà-tǎan, วัด wát
- shrine in Vietnamese
- lăng, mộ, đền, điện
- shrine in Myanmar
- ဌာပနာတိုက် htapa.natuik, နတ်ကွန်း natkwan:
Examples of shrine in a sentence
- The company produced household xyloglyphy, including shrines and other kinds of carvings in Chinese traditional style.
- Janet is the patron saint of procrastination. I'm thinking of erecting her a shrine of doughnut boxes in the breakroom.
- She placed a votive offering at the shrine.
Forms of shrine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shrines |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | shrines |
| present participle | shrining |
| past participle | shrined |
| past | shrined |
Origin of shrine
From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”), “case or chest for books or papers” in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein).
Words formed from shrine
Words that rhyme with shrine
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
- rhine
Questions about shrine
- What does shrine mean?
- Shrine means a holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
- What is shrine in Hindi?
- Shrine in Hindi is मंदिर (mandir), दरगाह (dargāh), मज़ार (mazār). See Shrine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shrine?
- Shrine can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce shrine?
- Shrine is pronounced /ʃɹaɪ̯n/.
- What is the plural of shrine?
- The plural of shrine is shrines.
Words near shrine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shrine (page history and authors); shrine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shrine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shrine (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shrine (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); shrine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਦੇਹਰਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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