shrine

English

Etymology

From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Latin scrīnium (“case or chest for books or papers”). Of unknown origin. Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɹaɪ̯n/

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

shrine (plural shrines)

1. 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.
2. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
3. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.

   a shrine of art

Related terms

• enshrine
• Shriner

Translations

a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect

• Albanian: shenjtë (sq)
• Arabic: ضَرِيح‏‎ m (ḍarīḥ)
• Armenian: սրբավայր (hy) (srbavayr)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: ра́ка f (ráka), святы́ня f (svjatýnja), храм m (xram)
• Burmese: ဌာပနာတိုက် (my) (htapa.natuik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神社 (zh) (shénshè), 聖地 (zh), 圣地 (zh) (shèngdì), 聖堂 (zh), 圣堂 (zh) (shèngtáng)

• Czech: svatyně (cs) f
• Dutch: schrijn (nl)
• Esperanto: adorejo
• Estonian: pühapaik
• Faroese: halgiskrín n
• Finnish: pyhäkkö (fi), pyhättö, alttari (fi)
• French: sanctuaire (fr) m, lieu saint m
• Georgian: ტაძარი (ṭaʒari), საკურთხეველი (saḳurtxeveli), აკლდამა (aḳldama)
• German: Schrein (de) m
• Greek: βωμός (el) m (vomós), ναός (el) m (naós)

  Ancient: ἄδυτον n (áduton)

• Hebrew: מִקְדָּשׁ‏‎ (he) m (mikdásh)
• Hindi: मन्दिर (hi) m (mandir), दरगाह (dargāh)
• Hungarian: kegyhely (hu), búcsújáróhely (hu)
• Italian: reliquiario m, santuario (it) m, edicola (it) f
• Japanese: 聖堂 (せいどう, seidō), 聖地 (せいち, seichi), (Shinto shrine) 神社 (ja) (じんじゃ, jinja)
• Khmer: ចេតិយ (km) (chaetdəy)
• Korean: 성당 (ko) (seongdang), 신사 (ko) (sinsa)
• Lao: ສານເຈົ້າ (lo) (sān chao)
• Latin: aedicula (la) f, delubrum n, sacellum n, aedis f

• Latvian: svētnīca f
• Lithuanian: šventykla f
• Macedonian: параклис m (paraklis)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tūāhu, ahurewa
• Mongolian: бунхан (mn) (bunhan)
• Norwegian: skrin, helgenskrin
• Persian: زیارتگاه‏‎ (fa) [translit?]
• Polish: świątynia (pl) f, miejsce kultu n
• Portuguese: relicário (pt) m, santuário (pt) m, oratório (pt) m
• Russian: ра́ка (ru) f (ráka), святы́ня (ru) f (svjatýnja), храм (ru) m (xram)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: светиња f, шкриња f, храм m, светиштe n

  Roman: svetinja (sh) f, škrinja (sh) f, hram (sh) m, svetište (sh) n

• Slovak: svätyňa f
• Slovene: svetišče (sl) n
• Spanish: relicario (es) m
• Swedish: helgedom (sv), vallfärdsplats c, mecka (sv) n
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ศาลเจ้า (sǎan-jâao)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: türbe (tr), mabet (tr)
• Ukrainian: ра́ка f (ráka), святи́ня f (svjatýnja), храм (uk) (xram)
• Urdu: مندر‏‎ m (mandir), درگاہ‏‎ m (dargāh)
• Venetian: capitèl (vec) m
• Vietnamese: lăng (vi), mộ (vi), đền (vi) (temple), điện (vi) (temple)
• Welsh: cysegrfan

a case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics

• French: châsse (fr) f

• Greek: λάρνακα (el) f (lárnaka), λειψανοθήκη (el) f (leipsanothíki)

Verb

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

1. To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

   Shrined in his sanctuary. — Milton.

Translations

enshrine — see enshrine

Anagrams

• Hiners, Hirens, Shiner, rhines, shiner