shrining

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• shrining — ʃraɪn n. structure or location devoted to a god or saint; receptacle for sacred items; alcove containing a religious image; location associated with sacred persons or events; tomb of a saint v. enshrine, place in a shrine; cherish …   English contemporary dictionary

• shrining — …   Useful english dictionary

• shrine — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scrīn, from Latin scrinium case, chest Date: before 12th century 1. a. a case, box, or receptacle; especially one in which sacred relics (as the bones of a saint) are deposited b. a place in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Shining (film) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Shining. Shining Données clés Titre original The Shining Réalisation Stanley Kubrick Scénario Stanl …   Wikipédia en Français

• shrine — shrineless, adj. shrinelike, adj. /shruyn/, n., v., shrined, shrining. n. 1. a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of… …   Universalium

• shrine — /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… …  

• shrine — [shrīn] n. [ME schrin < OE scrin < L scrinium, chest, box, orig., a round container < IE * (s)krei < base * (s)ker , to turn: see SHRINK] 1. a) RELIQUARY b) a niche or other setting for a statue, picture, or other object arousing or… …   English World dictionary