Meaning of "shrine" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHRINE

Old English scrīn, from Latin scrīnium bookcase; related to Old Norse skrin, Old High German skrīni.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SHRINE

shrine  [ʃraɪn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHRINE

Shrine is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shrine in English.

WHAT DOES SHRINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shrine

A shrine is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are venerated or worshipped. Shrines often contain idols, relics, or other such objects associated with the figure being venerated. A shrine at which votive offerings are made is called an altar. Shrines are found in many of the world's religions, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Shinto, and Asatru as well as in secular and non-religious settings such as a war memorial. Shrines can be found in various settings, such as churches, temples, cemeteries, or in the home, although portable shrines are also found in some cultures. A shrine may become a focus of a cult image.

Definition of shrine in the English dictionary

The first definition of shrine in the dictionary is a place of worship hallowed by association with a sacred person or object. Other definition of shrine is a container for sacred relics. Shrine is also the tomb of a saint or other holy person.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHRINE

PRESENT

Present

I shrine

you shrine

he/she/it shrines

we shrine

you shrine

they shrine

Present continuous

I am shrining

you are shrining

he/she/it is shrining

we are shrining

you are shrining

they are shrining

Present perfect

I have shrined

you have shrined

he/she/it has shrined

we have shrined

you have shrined

they have shrined

Present perfect continuous

I have been shrining

you have been shrining

he/she/it has been shrining

we have been shrining

you have been shrining

they have been shrining

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I shrined

you shrined

he/she/it shrined

we shrined

you shrined

they shrined

Past continuous

I was shrining

you were shrining

he/she/it was shrining

we were shrining

you were shrining

they were shrining

Past perfect

I had shrined

you had shrined

he/she/it had shrined

we had shrined

you had shrined

they had shrined

Past perfect continuous

I had been shrining

you had been shrining

he/she/it had been shrining

we had been shrining

you had been shrining

they had been shrining

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will shrine

you will shrine

he/she/it will shrine

we will shrine

you will shrine

they will shrine

Future continuous

I will be shrining

you will be shrining

he/she/it will be shrining

we will be shrining

you will be shrining

they will be shrining

Future perfect

I will have shrined

you will have shrined

he/she/it will have shrined

we will have shrined

you will have shrined

they will have shrined

Future perfect continuous

I will have been shrining

you will have been shrining

he/she/it will have been shrining

we will have been shrining

you will have been shrining

they will have been shrining

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would shrine

you would shrine

he/she/it would shrine

we would shrine

you would shrine

they would shrine

Conditional continuous

I would be shrining

you would be shrining

he/she/it would be shrining

we would be shrining

you would be shrining

they would be shrining

Conditional perfect

I would have shrine

you would have shrine

he/she/it would have shrine

we would have shrine

you would have shrine

they would have shrine

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been shrining

you would have been shrining

he/she/it would have been shrining

we would have been shrining

you would have been shrining

they would have been shrining

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you shrine
we let´s shrine
you shrine

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to shrine

Past participle

shrined

Present Participle

shrining

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SHRINE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shrine» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of shrine

altar · cairn · catacomb · church · crypt · Holy City · holy place · memorial · monument · sanctuary · sepulchre · tabernacle · temple · tribute · vault

TRANSLATION OF SHRINE

Find out the translation of shrine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shrine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shrine» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 神殿
• Translator English - Spanish: santuario
• English: shrine
• Translator English - Hindi: मंदिर
• Translator English - Arabic: ضَرِيح
• Translator English - Russian: храм
• Translator English - Portuguese: santuário
• Translator English - Bengali: মন্দির
• Translator English - French: sanctuaire
• Translator English - Malay: Kuil
• Translator English - German: Schrein
• Translator English - Japanese: 霊廟
• Translator English - Korean: 사당
• Translator English - Javanese: Kuil
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đền thờ
• Translator English - Tamil: கோவில்
• Translator English - Marathi: पवित्र स्थान
• Translator English - Turkish: türbe
• Translator English - Italian: sacrario
• Translator English - Polish: sanktuarium
• Translator English - Ukrainian: святиня
• Translator English - Romanian: altar
• Translator English - Greek: τέμενος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: heiligdom
• Translator English - Swedish: helgedom
• Translator English - Norwegian: helligdom

6 QUOTES WITH «SHRINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shrine.

1

Chris Abani

The Igbo used to say that they built their own gods. They would come together as a community, and they would express a wish. And their wish would then be brought to a priest, who would find a ritual object, and the appropriate sacrifices would be made, and the shrine would be built for the god.

2

Nicholson Baker

Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism.

3

Charles Buck

Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god.

4

Ashley Greene

I remember getting this scrapbook that this girl made, that I actually gave to my mom to hold onto because she has a 'Twilight' shrine in their house in Florida. It was just this scrapbook of me, starting with 'Twilight,' and the whole progression of me and my career throughout that, and other stuff that I had done in between.

5

Ashwin Sanghi

Conspiracies fascinate me. When I visited the Rozabal shrine in Srinagar before writing my first book, I remember thinking that the person enshrined there was no ordinary mortal. History is rife with mysteries, and that visit ignited a fire to unveil some of them.

6

Dada Vaswani

Only a fortunate few seek the Beloved. Only a blessed few seek to enter the shrine of the heart.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHRINE»

Discover the use of shrine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shrine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine

Conversations with priests, other shrine personnel, and people attending shrine functions supplement John K. Nelson's observations of over fifty shrine rituals and festivals.

John K. Nelson, 1996

Japan's Yasukuni Shrine: Place of Peace Or Place of ...

"... this research are base upon both an in depth analysis of the available literature as well as extensive interviews with diplomats from China, Korea, and Australia as well as with military officers, governmnent officials, professors of ...

William Daniel Sturgeon, 2006

The Safavid Dynastic Shrine: Architecture, Religion and ...

The Safavid Dynastic Shrine offers a pointed analysis of the structural representation of imperial power throughout the shrine's numerous renovations.

Kishwar Rizvi, 2011

The Mystic Shrine Illustrated: The Fully Illustrated Ritual ...

Contents: Origin and Object of the Order; Furniture and Opening Ceremonies; Initiation.

John Blanchard, 1994

The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer

A serial killer, an inhuman monster, beyond our understanding. But what did lead Dahmer to kill, coldly, again and again? Brian Masters investigates the darkest side of the human psyche in this true story of evil.

Brian Masters, 2007

America's Church: The National Shrine and Catholic Presence ...

" In this intriguing and inventive book, Thomas Tweed shows that the Shrine is also an illuminating site from which to tell the story of twentieth-century Catholicism.

Thomas A. Tweed, 2011

Our Lady of the Exile : Diasporic Religion at a Cuban ...

" While the book focuses on Cuban exiles in Miami, it moves beyond case study as it explores larger issues concerning religion, identity, and place. How do migrants relate to heir homeland?

Thomas A. Tweed Associate Professor of Religious Studies University of North Carolina, 1997

A Place to Remember: A History of the Shrine of Remembrance

Covers the history of the Melbourne, Australia war memorial the Shrine and its significance to the citizens of Melbourne.

Bruce Scates, 2009

Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, 1903

1903. Believing that every Noble of our Order would be interested in knowing its origin and history, I have collected from the best and most reliable source as much data on the subject as can be obtained.

George L. Root, 1997

The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham

A detailed and scholarly 1956 history of the priory at Walsingham, built in AD 1130 by Richelde of Fervaques.

J. C. Dickinson, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHRINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shrine is used in the context of the following news items.

Images of Asia: the pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine

The shrine to Lord Shiva is an icy stalagmite in a mountain cave in India that is 4,115 metres above sea level. It is accessible for only about five weeks in high ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

Japan's First Lady visits controversial Tokyo war shrine

The wife of the Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine in a move likely to enflame tensions with China and South ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»

Ferguson mulls removing Brown shrine from street

The shrine stretches several yards down the center of the two-lane road that bisects a housing complex, and city leaders are grappling with the thorny question ... «New York Post, May 15»

Rahul Gandhi to trek to Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand on Friday

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will undertake a yatra to Kedarnath on 24 April, trekking 18 kms up into the Uttarakhand mountains to pay obeisance at ... «Firstpost, Apr 15»

Japanese MPs make provocative visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine

The shrine honours those who fought and died for Japan, but also includes a number of ... China and South Korea see the shrine as a symbol of what they say is ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»

Replacing carpet at Jerusalem shrine reveals religious rift

On a recent afternoon in a small cave underneath the shrine's rock, Al Quda dribbled Israeli all-purpose glue from a large tin onto an intricate stone tile ... «Yahoo News, Apr 15»

What we learned from East-West Shrine Game

Led by defensive ends Anthony Chickillo of Miami and Za'Darius Smith of Kentucky, the East defensive line dominated in Saturday's East-West Shrine Game at ... «NFL.com, Jan 15»

China protests at Japanese PM's latest WW2 shrine tribute

Shinto priests and shrine maidens at the Yasukuni shrine, which honours war criminals among the millions of wartime victims. Photograph: Yuya Shino/Reuters. «The Guardian, Oct 14»

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Avoids Shrine on War Anniversary

TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refrained from visiting a Tokyo war shrine Friday on the 69th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II, in an ... «Wall Street Journal, Aug 14»

Sikhs get into sword fight with guards at faith's holiest shrine in India

NEW DELHI — Sikhs brandishing swords and sticks and shouting for a new homeland clashed with guards at the faith's holiest shrine in India, an official said. «National Post, Jun 14»