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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.

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.
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

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, châsse (fr) f, lieu saint m
Georgian: ტაძარი ‎(ṭaʒari), საკურთხეველი ‎(saḳurtxeveli), აკლდამა ‎(aḳldama)
German: Schrein (de) m
Greek: ιερό (el) n ‎(ieró), λάρνακα (el) f ‎(lárnaka)

Ancient: ἄδυτον n ‎(áduton)
Hebrew: מקדש (he) m ‎(miqdash)
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: زيارتگاه (fa)
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 ‎(săan jâo)
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

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.

enshrine — see enshrine