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Shrine
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SHRINE. See Diana.
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SHRINE. See Diana.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
2. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like. Too weak the sacred shrine guard. Byron.
3. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. "Shrined in his sanctuary." Milton.