shrine
/ʃɹaɪ̯n/noun, verb1 syllable
Shrine means: enclose in a shrine.
Synonyms for shrine1
verb, as in enclose in a shrine
enshrine
What does shrine mean?2
verb
1
enclose in a shrine“the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral”
noun
1
a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with shrine?32
three syllables
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Shrine in a sentence
- The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.AlanF_US
- This is called hatsumode, the first visit to a shrine.yurusu
- Temples, shrines, and mansions of court nobles, among others, were burned to the ground.CM
- There used to be a small shrine around here.CK
- The thin man took a rest in the shade of a shrine.CM
- Many people visited the shrine where the saint lay buried.unknown
- The shrine was built two hundred years ago.CK
- This path will lead you to the shrine.sundown
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Forms of shrine
as a noun
- plural
- shrines
as a verb
- past tense
- shrined
- present participle
- shrining
- third-person singular
- shrines
- past participle
- shrined