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# enshrine

«enshrine» in Mova's mysticism dictionary: **to keep it safe and honoured, often by putting it in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (enshrine, enshrines, enshrined, enshrining)

### meaning for a pupil

To enshrine something is to keep it safe and honoured, often by putting it in a special place, a book or a story so that it lasts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/E/enshrine/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a song or belief is kept safe in a harp, a box or a book; (old use) a shrine is a holy place

### examples

- The old songs are enshrined in the village book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/E/enshrine/#x1)
- The queen's ring was enshrined in a golden box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/E/enshrine/#x2)
- Our school motto is enshrined in the hall wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/E/enshrine/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enshrine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/E/enshrine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.