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shrining

/ˈʃɹaɪnɪŋ/

shrining is the present participle and gerund of shrine.

Meaning of shrine

Verb

shrine (third-person singular simple present shrines, present participle shrining, simple past and past participle shrined)

  1. (transitive) 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...

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Questions about shrining

What is shrining the present participle and gerund of?
Shrining is the present participle and gerund of shrine.
How do you pronounce shrining?
Shrining is pronounced /ˈʃɹaɪnɪŋ/.

Words near shrining in the dictionary

  1. shrinelike
  2. Shriner
  3. Shriners
  4. shrines
  5. Shringar Nagar
  6. shrining
  7. shrink
  8. shrink away
  9. shrink back
  10. shrink band
  11. shrink down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shrining (page history and authors); shrine (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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