I. ˈshrīn, esp South ˈsrīn, dial ˈswīn noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English shrin, shrine, from Old English scrīn, from Latin scrinium case, chest, box; perhaps akin to Russian krivoĭ crooked, Latin curvus curved — more at crown
1. : a case, box, or receptacle ; especially : one in which sacred relics (as the bones of a saint) are deposited : reliquary
2. : a receptacle (as a casket or tomb) for the dead ; especially : the tomb of one considered holy or of hallowed memory
3.
a. : a place or object hallowed or honored from its history or associations
a small country township … famous to tourists as the shrine of a late-Victorian novelist — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin
b. : an object, structure, or place that is considered sacred by a religious group and that serves as the focus of the performance of some ritual : sanctuary
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English shrinen, from shrin, shrine, n.
1. archaic : to place in or provide with a shrine
a goddess shrined in every tree — Alexander Pope
2. : to enclose as if in a shrine : enshrine
has the feeling of truth already shrined in his own breast — William Hazlitt