SHRINED

Verb

shrined

simple past tense and past participle of shrine

Adjective

shrined (not comparable)

enshrined

Anagrams

• hinders, nerdish

Source: Wiktionary


SHRINE

Shrine, n. Etym: [OE. schrin, AS. scrin, from L. scrinium a case, chest, box.]

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

2. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like. Too weak the sacred shrine guard. Byron.

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

Shrine, v. t.

Definition: To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. "Shrined in his sanctuary." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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