[syn: enshrine, saint]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enshrine \En*shrine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enshrined; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enshrining.]
To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or
cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in
memory.
[1913 Webster]
We will enshrine it as holy relic. --Massinger.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
enshrine
v 1: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in
the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine]
2: hold sacred [syn: enshrine, saint]