enshrine
/ɪnˈʃɹaɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.19 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "At the centre of Muhammad's achievement was the extraordinary poetry which enshrined his revelations."
- "Other measures, such as compensation for victims, will be enshrined in the proposed new law."
- "The links were mostly to newspaper articles and public records, and Google refused to comply, but with the “right to be forgotten” enshrined as a key objective of the European Union’s 2011 data protection strategy, more and bigger cases are likely to follow."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English shrine English enshrine From en- + shrine.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈʃɹaɪn/
- British English: /ɪnˈʃɹʌɪn/