[
US
/ɛnʃˈɹaɪn/
]
[ UK /ɛnʃɹˈaɪn/ ]
[ UK /ɛnʃɹˈaɪn/ ]
VERB
-
enclose in a shrine
the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral - hold sacred
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.