[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shrine \shrine\, v. t.
   to enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. "shrined in
   his sanctuary." --milton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shrine \shrine\ shrimacn, n. oe. schrin, as. scrimacn,
   from l. scrinium a case, chest, box.
   1. a case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are
      deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
      1913 webster

   2. any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
      1913 webster

            too weak the sacred shrine guard.     --byron.
      1913 webster

   3. a place or object hallowed from its history or
      associations; as, a shrine of art.
      1913 webster

   4. short for

   ancient arabic order of nobles of the mystic shrine, a
      secret fraternal organization professedly originated by
      one kalif alu, a son-in-law of mohammed, at mecca, in the
      year of the hegira 25 about 646 a. d. in the modern
      order, established in the united states in 1872, only
      knights templars or thirty-second degree masons are
      eligible for admission, though the order itself is not
      masonic. a member of the order is popularly called a
      shriner, and the order itself is sometimes called the
      shriners.
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc
see also:
ancient arabic order of nobles of the mystic shrine shriners 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shrine
     n : a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred
         thing or person
     v : enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in
         the cathedral" syn: enshrine
see also:
enshrine 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

94 moby thesaurus words for "shrine":
   arch, barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, boundary stone, box grave,
   brass, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, bust, cairn,
   catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cist, cist grave, column,
   cromlech, cross, crypt, cup, cyclolith, dagoba, deep six, delubrum,
   dokhma, dolmen, enshrinement, footstone, grave, gravestone,
   headstone, hoarstone, holy place, house of death, inscription,
   last home, long home, low green tent, low house, marker, mastaba,
   mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch,
   memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, monolith,
   monstrance, monument, mound, mummy chamber, naos, narrow house,
   necrology, obelisk, obituary, ossuarium, ossuary, passage grave,
   pillar, pit, plaque, prize, pyramid, reliquaire, reliquary,
   remembrance, resting place, ribbon, rostral column, sacrarium,
   sanctuary, sanctum, sepulcher, shaft, shaft grave, stela, stone,
   stupa, tablet, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope,
   tower of silence, trophy, tumulus, vault

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