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Word entry · 8 letters

enshrine

Best crossword clue

"Preserve as sacred"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈʃɹaɪn/Part of speech verbSorted eehinnrsStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. enclose in a shrine

Word origin

From en- + shrine.

Used in a sentence

  • A Phœnix, gaz'd by all, as that ſole Bird / When, to enſhrine his reliques in the Sun’s / Bright temple, to Ægyptian Theb's he flies.
  • Warlike and Martiall Talbot, Burgonie / Inſhrines thee in his heart, and there erects / Thy noble Deeds, as Valors Monuments.
  • The minister knew well that he was himself enshrined within the stainless sanctity of her heart, which hung its snowy curtains about his image, imparting to religion the warmth of love, and to love a religious purity.

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