shrine
/ʃɹaɪ̯n/ verb C2- To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.
He/she/it shrines · Past shrined · Past participle shrined · -ing form shrining
Verb forms
- Base form
- shrine
- He/she/it
- shrines
- Past
- shrined
- Past participle
- shrined
- -ing form
- shrining
From the library
“Never mind, Renée,” replied the marquise, with a look of tenderness that seemed out of keeping with her harsh dry features; but, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman’s nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the desert of her heart, and that is the shrine of maternal love.
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