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[edit] Etymology
Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn “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
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shrine (plural shrines)
- A holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
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a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect
- Albanian: shenjtë (sq)
- Arabic: ضَريحٌ (ar) (DariiH) m.
- Armenian: սրբավայր (hy) (srbavayr)
- Basque: please add this translation if you can
- Bosnian: svetinja (bs) f., škrinja (bs) f., hram (bs) m.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 神社 (zh) (shénshè), 聖地 (zh), 圣地 (zh) (shèngdì), 聖堂 (zh), 圣堂 (zh) (shèngtáng)
- Croatian: svȅtīšte (hr) n.
- Czech: svatyně (cs) f.
- Dutch: schrijn (nl)
- Esperanto: adorejo
- Estonian: pühapaik (et)
- Finnish: pyhäkkö (fi), pyhättö (fi)
- French: sanctuaire m., châsse f., lieu saint m.
- Georgian: ტაძარი (ka) (tadzari), საკურთხეველი (ka) (sakurt‘xeveli), აკლდამა (ka) (akldama)
- German: Schrein (de) m.
- Greek: ιερό (ʰieró) n., λάρνακα (lárnaka) f.
- Ancient: ἄδυτον n.
- Hebrew: מקדש (he) (miqdash) m.
- Hindi: मन्दिर (hi) (mandir) m., दरगाह (hi) (dargāh)
- Hungarian: kegyhely (hu), búcsújáróhely (hu)
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- Italian: reliquiario m., santuario (it) m.
- Japanese: 聖堂 (ja) (せいどう, seidō), 聖地 (ja) (せいち, seichi), (Shinto shrine) 神社 (ja) (じんじゃ, jinja)
- Korean: 성당 (ko) (seongdang), 신사 (ko) (sinsa)
- Latin: aedicula (la) f., delubrum (la) n., sacellum (la) n.
- Latvian: svētnīca f.
- Lithuanian: šventykla f.
- Macedonian: параклис (mk) (páraklis) m.
- Mongolian: бунхан (mn) (bunhan)
- Norwegian: skrin (no), helgenskrin (no)
- Persian: زيارتگاه (fa)
- Polish: miejsce kultu n., świątynia f.
- Portuguese: relicário (pt) m., santuário (pt) m.
- Russian: рака (ru) (ráka) f., святыня (ru) (svjatýnja) f., храм (ru) (xram) m.
- 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) m.
- Swedish: helgedom (sv)
- Turkish: türbe (tr), mabet (tr)
- Welsh: cysegrfan
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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. — Milton.
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