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BNC: 7176 COCA: 6082

shrine

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shrine /ˈʃraɪn/ noun
plural shrines
shrine
/ˈʃraɪn/
noun
plural shrines
Learner's definition of SHRINE
[count]
: a place connected with a holy person or event where people go to worship圣地;神龛;神庙
: a place that people visit because it is connected with someone or something that is important to them具有重要意义的地方
BNC: 7176 COCA: 6082

shrine

1 of 2

noun

ˈshrīn How to pronounce shrine (audio)
 especially Southern  ˈsrīn
1
a
: a case, box, or receptacle
especially : one in which sacred relics (such as the bones of a saint) are deposited
b
: a place in which devotion is paid to a saint or deity : sanctuary
c
: a niche containing a religious image
2
: a receptacle (such as a tomb) for the dead
3
: a place or object hallowed by its associations

shrine

2 of 2

verb

shrined; shrining

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun the shrine of Saint Mary They erected a shrine to the saint. tourists visiting the shrines of American independence The writer's house has become a shrine to his fans.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Nearby, Hatshepsut built a shrine to the goddess in her mortuary temple featuring four capital columns with the goddess' human face. Lola Méndez, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022 Inside her Northern Virginia home, Anne McFadden keeps an informal shrine to her late husband Gary Schroen, a fellow spy and one of the CIA’s most revered and longest-serving officers. Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 The religious artifact inspired the building of a church and shrine in Altavilla Milicia. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 Beijing also criticized Japanese cabinet ministers who recently marked the anniversary of the end of World War II by visiting a Tokyo shrine that memorializes Japanese war criminals. Rhoda Kwan, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2022 The shrine is at the corner of Pine Island and Holmberg roads near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which was the site of a 2018 school shooting where 17 children and staff were murdered. Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 Visitors to this shrine audition for Peter’s approval: slavish assistant Karl (Stefan Crepon), lead actress and muse Sidonie (Isabelle Adjani), his daughter Gabriele (Aminthe Audiard), and his mother (Hanna Schygulla). Armond White, National Review, 2 Sep. 2022 As well as providing its tenant with a refuge from the stress of the city, the apartment is also, to some extent, a shrine to the past. ELLE Decor, 1 Sep. 2022 The downtown includes a shrine to Jesús Malverde, a bandit whom many of Sinaloa’s drug traffickers have adopted as a popular saint. Jon Kamp, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
Verb
The star quarterback and safety reminisced about their relationship and entering the Canton, Ohio, shrine together hours after the latest group of inductees was revealed. Barry Wilner, ajc, 7 Feb. 2021 The star quarterback and safety reminisced about their relationship and entering the Canton, Ohio, shrine together hours after the latest group of inductees was revealed. Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 7 Feb. 2021 Thousands of pilgrims on their way to shrine or lodged at the base camps in Pahalgam and Sonamarg were asked to return. Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, 4 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English scrīn, from Latin scrinium case, chest

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shrine was before the 12th century
BNC: 7176 COCA: 6082
shrine

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHRINE | SHRINE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEhallowed, holy, religious, sacred聖地;宗教聖地;神殿This shrine is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu.這座神殿供奉印度教中的守護神毗濕奴。Buddhist, Catholic, Muslim, Shinto, etc.佛教、天主教、伊斯蘭教、神道教等的聖地makeshift臨時祭奠所a makeshift shrine near the spot where he died他去世地點附近的臨時祭奠處ancient古代神殿ancestral, family, household, national祖祠;家祠;國家的聖地roadside路邊的聖祠VERB + SHRINEbuild, create, erect建神廟turn sth into把⋯變成聖地become成為聖地dedicate把神殿用於供奉⋯a shrine dedicated to the sea goddess供奉海洋女神的神廟go on a pilgrimage to, make a pilgrimage to, visit前往聖地朝拜;參觀聖地On his recovery he made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St John.他一康復就去敬奉聖約翰的朝聖地朝拜。SHRINE + NOUNcity聖城room朝拜殿PREPOSITIONat a/the shrine在聖祠The people worshipped at wayside shrines.人們在路邊的聖祠禮拜。shrine of⋯的聖壇the shrine of St Cuthbert at Durham達勒姆的聖卡思伯特聖壇shrine to供奉⋯的聖地She had turned the room into a shrine to her dead son.她把房間變成了祭奠死去兒子的地方。

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