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 (German Schrein).

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ancestral shrine
• enshrine
• shrinal
• shrinegoer
• shrine-goer

• shrineless
• shrinelet
• shrinelike
• 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: Heiligtum (de) n; (chiefly non-Christian also) Schrein (de) m; (Christian also, with specific meanings) Grabkirche (de) f; Heiligenkapelle (de) f; Bildstock (de) m; Wegekreuz (de) n
• Greek: βωμός (el) m (vomós), ναός (el) m (naós)

  Ancient: ἱερόν n (hierón), 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, sacrarium n, sacrarium n, fanum n, fanum n
• 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)
• Northern Sami: giisá
• 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: santuario (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
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

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

• French: châsse (fr) f
• German: Schrein (de) m
• Greek: λάρνακα (el) f (lárnaka), λειψανοθήκη (el) f (leipsanothíki)

• Northern Sami: giisá
• Spanish: relicario (es) m

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.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     Shrined in his sanctuary.

Translations

enshrine — see enshrine

Anagrams

• Hiners, Hirens, Shiner, rhines, shiner