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Shrine
Shrine Shrine, v. t.
To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. ``Shrined
in his sanctuary.' --Milton.
Shrine
Shrine Shrine (shr[imac]n), n. [OE. schrin, AS. scr[=i]n, from
L. scrinium a case, chest, box.]
1. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are
deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
2. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
Too weak the sacred shrine guard. --Byron.
3. A place or object hallowed from its history or
associations; as, a shrine of art.
ShrineShrine Shrine, n.
Short for
Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a
secret order professedly originated by one Kalif Alu, a
son-in-law of Mohammed, at Mecca, in the year of the
Hegira 25 (about 646 a. d.) In the modern order,
established in the United States in 1872, only Knights
Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible for
admission, though the order itself is not Masonic.
Meaning of Shrines from wikipedia
- memorial.
Shrines can be
found in
various settings, such as churches, temples, cemeteries, museums, or in the home. However,
portable shrines are also...
- yashiro.
Miniature shrines (hokora) can
occasionally be
found on roadsides.
Large shrines sometimes have on
their precincts miniature shrines,
sessha (摂社) or...
- of
black Shriners to
continue practicing and
fundraising nationwide. The
Worldwide Fraternal Shrine Family counts 35,000
members in 227
shrines, with its...
- Jingū is a
shrine complex composed of many
Shinto shrines centered on two main
shrines, Naikū [ja] (内宮) and Gekū [ja] (外宮). The
Inner Shrine, Naikū (also...
- locations. The kami are
worshipped at
kamidana household shrines,
family shrines, and
jinja public shrines. The
latter are
staffed by priests,
known as kannushi...
- rank of
government supported shrines.
Unlike most
Shinto shrines,
Fushimi Inari-taisha, in
keeping with
typical Inari shrines, has an open view of the main...
- The Wu
Family Shrines (Chinese: 武氏祠), of
which the Wu
Liang Shrine (武梁祠) is the best known, was the
family shrine of the Wu clan of the
Eastern Han dynasty...
-
Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Aki Province. This
shrine is one of the "Three
Great Shrines of Aki Province",
along with Take
Shrine and
Hayatani Shrine. The...
-
Inari shrines are well
known and
remain some of the most
familiar and
recognizable shrines to the ****anese people. The
entrance to an
Inari shrine is typically...
- Tenmangū (天満宮) is a
Shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no
Michizane as Tenjin.
There are
about 14,000 such
shrines in ****an;
famous examples include:...