1. Noun
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
2. Noun
Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
3. Noun
A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
4. Verb
To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
5. Noun
a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
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