Japanese Meaning of shrine

聖域

Other Japanese words related to 聖域

Definitions and Meaning of shrine in English

Wordnet

shrine (n)

a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person

Wordnet

shrine (v)

enclose in a shrine

Webster

shrine (n.)

A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.

A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.

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.

Webster

shrine (v. t.)

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

FAQs About the word shrine

聖域

a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person, enclose in a shrineA case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposite

聖域,舎利塔 (shari-tō),聖域

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shrimpy => 小さい, shrimp-fish => エビ, shrimpfish => ヤガラ, shrimper => エビ漁船, shrimp sauce => エビソース,