Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shrine \Shrine\, v. t.
   To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. ``Shrined
   in his sanctuary.'' --Milton.

Shrine \Shrine\ (shr[imac]n), n. [OE. schrin, AS. scr[=i]n, 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 \Shrine\, n.
   Short for

   {Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine}, a
      secret order professedly originated by one Kalif Alu, a
      son-in-law of Mohammed, at Mecca, in the year of the
      Hegira 25 (about 646 a. d.) In the modern order,
      established in the United States in 1872, only Knights
      Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible for
      admission, though the order itself is not Masonic.

Source : WordNet®

shrine
     n : a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred
         thing or person
     v : enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in
         the cathedral" [syn: {enshrine}]