\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.

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