shrine
81shrine — n reliquary, repository, receptacle; tomb, sepulcher, burial chamber, mausoleum, aedicule; monument, cenotaph, (in Buddist countries) tope, stupa; church, temple, tabernacle, Archaic. fane, sanc tuary, Rom. Hist. sacrarium, sacred or holy place …
82shrine — Святыня2 …
83shrine — [ʃraɪn] noun [C] a religious place that has been built to remember a particular holy person or event …
84shrine — /ʃraɪn / (say shruyn) noun 1. a receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary. 2. a structure, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy objects and forming an object of religious veneration… …
85shrine — This word (from the Latin scrinium, meaning a container for books or papers ) refers to a place of worship, which is usually associated with a miraculous event (such as the apparition of a saint), a sacred object (such as the relics of a… …
86shrine — n. & v. n. 1 esp. RC Ch. a a chapel, church, altar, etc., sacred to a saint, holy person, relic, etc. b the tomb of a saint etc. c a casket esp. containing sacred relics; a reliquary. d a niche containing a holy statue etc. 2 a place associated… …
87Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine — Shrine Shrine (shr[imac]n), n. [OE. schrin, AS. scr[=i]n, from L. scrinium a case, chest, box.] 1. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint. [1913 Webster] 2. Any sacred place, as an …
88Shrine Shintō — ▪ Japanese religion Japanese Jinja Shintō, form of the Shintō religion of Japan that focusses on worship in public shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices (see Kyōha Shintō); the successor to State Shintō, the nationalistic… …
89Shrine Shinto — See Jinja shinto …
90Yasukuni Shrine — Infobox Shinto shrine name = Yasukuni Shrine 靖国神社 caption = The honden or main shrine type = Imperial Shrine dedication = Those who lost their lives while serving Japan founded = June 1869 closed = founder = Emperor Meiji priest = Nanbu Toshiaki… …
