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shrine

UK/ʃɹaɪ̯n/ US/ˈʃraɪn/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

verb

1.

enclose in a shrine

  • “the saint”
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Origin

From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”), “case or chest for books or papers” in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein).

Phrases

  • ancestral shrine

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