Antonyms for enshrine

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

Example sentences :

"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

Synonyms for enshrine

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