[ US /ɛnʃˈɹaɪn/ ]
[ UK /ɛnʃɹˈa‍ɪn/ ]
VERB
  1. enclose in a shrine
    the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral
  2. hold sacred
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How To Use enshrine In A Sentence

  • The Act enshrines principles social workers fought hard to get on the statute book.
  • It is enshrined in draft legislation sponsored by Mario Segni, who championed the cause of electoral reform.
  • The supreme law enshrined multi-racial power-sharing in Fiji's government.
  • When the time came to enshrine the relic, however, it split in two.
  • The constitution enshrines the basic rights of all citizens.
  • In modern society the ability to communicate, organise and protest is enshrined through laws and constitutions.
  • It has been enshrined in the holidaymakers' hall of fame since the 1971 inauguration of Walt Disney World in Orlando.
  • Concern that doctors and other health workers were too afraid to blow the whistle on colleagues led to the setting-up of a new early warning system designed to enshrine the rights of whistle-blowers.
  • It was subsequently placed in the inner oratory where it was enshrined beneath an altar.
  • Catherine of Siena enshrined in the artistic golden sarcophagus which has been admired by succeeding generations of her clients.
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