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Shrine
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
n.
A
case
,
box
, or
receptacle
,
especially
one
in
which
are
deposited
sacred
relics
, as
the
bones
of a
saint
.
Shrine
n.
Any
sacred
place
, as an
altar
,
tromb
, or
the
like
.
Shrine
n.
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
.
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