shrine

shrine is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
2. noun. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
3. noun. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
4. transitive verb. To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
5. noun. a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
6. verb. enclose in a shrine

   "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"

   Synonyms: enshrine

Synonyms

enshrine

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shrine:

renish, shiner

Common word forms

shrined, shriner, shrines, shrining, shrineless

Words from these letters

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