shrines

Определение shrines в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: plural of shrine
shrine: {n} a depository of relics, a temple
Moslem religious shrines: sites held sacred to Moslems
shrine: {i} structure or location devoted to a god or saint; receptacle for sacred items; alcove containing a religious image; location associated with sacred persons or events; tomb of a saint
shrine: A place that is holy
shrine: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"
shrine: {f} enshrine, place in a shrine; cherish
shrine: To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine
shrine: a reliquary, a sacred image of special importance or a holy place, especially one connected with pilgrimage
shrine: a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
shrine: 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
shrine: A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art
shrine: a chapel, church, altar, or place sacred to a saint, holy person, relic, etc
shrine: A shrine is a place of worship which is associated with a particular holy person or object. the holy shrine of Mecca
shrine: The innermost sanctuary of the temple where either the cult statue, or the deity's barque was placed The term shrine is also applied to the elaborate boxes containing funerary statuary, such as in the tomb of Tutankhamun Small barque-shrines were often placed along processional ways as temporary resting places for the divine barque
shrine: An atypical structure within regular buildings of a settlement – especially if the structure occurs at other sites – may suggest a shrine or other ritual structure
shrine: A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint
shrine: Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like
shrine: 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
shrine: A shrine is a place that people visit and treat with respect because it is connected with a dead person or with dead people that they want to remember. The monument has been turned into a shrine to the dead and the missing. Ise Shrine Grand Shrine of Ise Izumo shrine