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Webster 1913 Edition


Enshrine

En-shrine′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Enshrined
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Enshrining
.]
To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred;
as, to
enshrine
something in memory
.
We will
enshrine
it as holy relic.
Massinger.

Webster 1828 Edition


Enshrine

ENSHRI'NE

,
Verb.
T.
[from shrine.] To inclose in a shrine or chest; to deposit for safe-keeping in a cabinet.

Definition 2024


enshrine

enshrine

English

Verb

enshrine (third-person singular simple present enshrines, present participle enshrining, simple past and past participle enshrined)

  1. (transitive) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
  2. (transitive) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 256:
      At the centre of Muhammad's achievement was the extraordinary poetry which enshrined his revelations.
  3. To protect an idea, ideal, or philosophy within an official law or treaty
    Other measures, such as compensation for victims, will be enshrined in the proposed new law.

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