Crossword clues for enshrine
enshrine
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enshrine \En*shrine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enshrined; p. pr. & vb. n. Enshrining.] To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.
We will enshrine it as holy relic.
--Massinger.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest. 2 (context transitive English) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence. 3 To protect an idea, ideal, or philosophy within an official law or treaty
WordNet
Usage examples of "enshrine".
The Royal College of Surgeons verified this record many years ago, and it was subsequently again authenticated by the authorities of the Freemasons, who thereupon enshrined his portrait in their gallery as the oldest living Freemason.
II For, wonning in these ancient lands, Enchased and lettered as a tomb, And scored with prints of perished hands, And chronicled with dates of doom, Though my own Being bear no bloom I trace the lives such scenes enshrine, Give past exemplars present room, And their experience count as mine.
But in defence of it I can honestly say that it is at least no more flagrant than the speculations on this subject that have become enshrined in history as facts.
In the aftermath, the State of Texas went its own way as the Republic of Texas, Gwillam Forte was enshrined in the Texas pantheon along with Stephen Austin and Sam Houston, and his vast estate was divided among his numerous ex-wives and their progeny.
That idol, enshrined in the high temple at Ilarnek, was subsequently worshipped beneath the gibbous moon throughout the land of Mnar.
No shape, no colour, no grandeur of mass: all is for a Soul, something whose beauty rests upon no colour, for the moral wisdom the Soul enshrines and all the other hueless splendour of the virtues.
There are those who prefer a clear and jellified substance with tiny fragments of peel enshrined in it as the fly is enshrined in amber.
Intellectual-Principle: this demands only that the Soul dwell alone enshrined within that place of its choice, never lapsing towards the lower.
At his back slept two almost brainless creatures--his sole support against the awful odds he must face before he could hope to succor the divinity whose image was enshrined in his brave and simple heart.
Call Thou to mind the bounty which I bestowed upon Thee when I conversed with Thee in the midmost heart of My Sanctuary and aided Thee through the potency of the Holy Spirit that Thou mightest, as the peerless Mouthpiece of God, proclaim unto men the commandments of God which lie enshrined within the divine Spirit.
The evil tale was taken up in all its foul trappings, and, upon no better authority than the public voice, it was enshrined in chronicles by every scribbler of the day.
A just sentiment of gratitude would seem to require him--if he has not already done it--to enshrine, with tributary honor, close beside the ashes of the unhappy queen of Holland, those of Madame Salvage, the most unwearied and inalienable of all her friends.
There were old Persian and Bokharan rugs and Worcester teaservices of glowing colour, and little treasures of antique silver that each enshrined a history or a memory in addition to its own intrinsic value.
In modern times, it will not be questioned that the greatest poets have ever endeavoured to enshrine some moral or intellectual object in their verse.
He had built and endowed it and installed its twelve canons during his years as Subregulus, especially to enshrine the Holy Rood.