Definition of shrine

• n. - A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
• n. - Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
• n. - A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
• v. t. - To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.