SHRINING

Verb

shrining

present participle of shrine

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