Shrine Synonyms & Definitions

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• ShrineDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Short for Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a secret order 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.
2. (n.) Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
3. (v. t.) To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
4. (n.) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
5. (n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.