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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-shrahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈʃraɪn |
Definition of enshrine
Origin :- 1580s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + shrine. Related: Enshrined; enshrining.
- verb hold as sacred
- "So much the more need that we enshrine her image in our own hearts," rejoined Plato.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- If I should tell her that Jones died in Brazil, she'd enshrine him in her memory.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- And they would erect a temple wherein to enshrine the divine fragment.
- Extract from : « King Candaules » by Thophile Gautier
- It is so sweet to enshrine you in such a pure romance, mamma.
- Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green
- A place in which to enshrine and worship her during the years to come; for what else could it be?
- Extract from : « When Dreams Come True » by Ritter Brown
- We shall try them and build sheds for them, but not enshrine them in our homes or temples.
- Extract from : « Nationalism » by Rabindranath Tagore
- To worship, to enshrine, to follow blindly, was instinctive with the savage.
- Extract from : « The home » by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- But he is one of those who need not a marble tomb to enshrine their memory.
- Extract from : « History of the Cathedral Church of Wells » by Edward A. Freeman
- When we do so even The Law will be found to enshrine an evangel.
- Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther » by Walter Adeney
- The central medallion of the pediment should enshrine Civick Unity.
- Extract from : « The Passionate Elopement » by Compton Mackenzie
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