- 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 religious veneration and pilgrimage.
- any place or object hallowed by its history or associations: a historic shrine.
- any structure or place consecrated or devoted to some saint, holy person, or deity, as an altar, chapel, church, or temple.
- a receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary.
- to enshrine.
- a place of worship hallowed by association with a sacred person or object
- a container for sacred relics
- the tomb of a saint or other holy person
- a place or site venerated for its association with a famous person or event
- a building, alcove, or shelf arranged as a setting for a statue, picture, or other representation of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint
- short for enshrine
