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[edit] Etymology
Middle English ſhryne, from Old English scrin “reliquary, ark of the covenant”, from Latin scrinium “case or chest for books or papers”. Of unknown origin. Compare Old Norse skrin, Old High German skrini
[edit] Pronunciation
shrine (plural shrines)
- A place that is holy.
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[edit] Translations
a place that is holy
- Albanian: shenjtë sq(sq)
- Arabic: ضَريحٌ (ɖarīħ)
- Armenian: սրբավայր (srbavayr)
- Basque: please add this translation if you can
- Bosnian: svetinja bs(bs) f., škrinja bs(bs) f., hram bs(bs) m.
- Chinese: 神社 (shénshè)
- Croatian: svȅtīšte hr(hr) n.
- Czech: svatyně cs(cs) f.
- Dutch: schrijn nl(nl)
- Esperanto: adorejo
- Estonian: pühapaik et(et)
- Finnish: pyhäkkö fi(fi), pyhättö fi(fi)
- French: sanctuaire f., châsse f., lieu saint m.
- Georgian: ტაძარი (tadzari), საკურთხეველი (sakurt‘xeveli), აკლდამა (akldama)
- German: Schrein de(de) m.
- Greek: ιερό (ʰieró) n., λάρνακα (lárnaka) f.
- Hebrew: מקדש he(he)
- Hindi: मन्दिर, दरगाह
- Hungarian: kegyhely hu(hu), búcsújáróhely hu(hu)
- Italian: reliquiario m.
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- Japanese: 聖骨箱
- Korean: 성당
- Latin: aedicula la(la) f., delubrum la(la) n., sacellum la(la) n.
- Latvian: svētnīca f.
- Lithuanian: šventykla f.
- Mongolian: бунхан mn(mn) (bunhan)
- Norwegian: skrin, helgenskrin
- Persian: زيارتگاه
- Polish: miejsce kultu n., świątynia f.
- Portuguese: relicário m., santuário m.
- Russian: рака ru(ru) (ráka) f., святыня ru(ru) (svjatýnja) f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: светиња f., шкриња f., храм m., светиштe n.
- Roman: svetinja f., škrinja f., hram m., svetište n.
- Slovak: svätyňa f.
- Spanish: relicario es(es) m.
- Swedish: helgedom
- Turkish: türbe tr(tr), mabet tr(tr)
- Welsh: cysegrfan
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