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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
Arabic: ضَريحٌ m (ḍarīḥ)
Armenian: սրբավայր (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, 圣堂 (zh) (shèngtáng)
Czech: svatyně (cs) f
Dutch: schrijn (nl)
Esperanto: adorejo
Estonian: pühapaik
Finnish: pyhäkkö (fi), pyhättö, alttari (fi)
French: sanctuaire (fr) m, châsse (fr) f, lieu saint m
Georgian: ტაძარი (tajari), საკურთხეველი (sakurt’xeveli), აკლდამა (akldama)
German: Schrein (de) m
Greek: ιερό (el) n (ieró), λάρνακα (el) f (lárnaka)

Ancient: ἄδυτον n (áduton)
Hebrew: מקדש (he) m (miqdash)
Hindi: मन्दिर 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 (páraklis)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Maori: tūāhu
Mongolian: бунхан (bunhan)
Norwegian: skrin, helgenskrin
Persian: زيارتگاه (fa)
Polish: świątynia (pl) f, miejsce kultu n
Portuguese: relicário (pt) m, santuário (pt) m
Russian: рака (ru) f (ráka), святыня (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)
Turkish: türbe (tr), mabet (tr)
Ukrainian: ра́ка f (ráka), святи́ня f (svjatýnja), храм (uk) (xram)
Venetian: capitèl (vec) m
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