shrine

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
2. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
3. (figuratively) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.

Verb

To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

Έννοιες

ναός

βωμός

εκκλησία

ιεροφυλάκιο

λειψανοθήκη

φυλάσσω ευλαβώς

ιερό

λάρνακα

Συνώνυμα

temple

sanctuary

altar

place of worship

🛐

sacred place

sanctum

tabernacle

church

⛪

monument

enshrine

reliquary

joss house

house of worship

feretory

niche

memorial

imperial palace

stupa

token

treasure

vestry

holy place

Shinto

inner temple

Buddhist relic shrine

a place of worship

sacred sanctuary

Ark of the Covenant

chancel

chantry

chapel

chest

coffer

firm

gravestone

hall

headstone

🪦

mausoleum

memento

recess

sacristy

sepulchre

statue

Μεταφράσεις

santuario

Schrein

sanctuaire

santuario

santuário

delubrum

schrijn

châsse

santuari

Tempel

Heiligengrab

lieu saint

Heiligtum

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ʃɹaɪ̯n/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: shryne

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: scrīn

Συγγενές με Παλαιά Νορβηγικά: skrín

Συγγενές με Παλαιά Άνω Γερμανικά: skrīni

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: Schrein

In summary

From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”), “case or chest for books or papers” in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein).