enshrine

/ɛnˈʃraɪn/

Other forms: enshrined; enshrines; enshrining

If your mother enshrines your first drawing, she might frame it and hang it in a special place, as if it were a holy relic. To enshrine is to put something special, often religious, into a protective place.

A shrine is a place considered holy because something special happened there or a case that holds sacred items. Places where people have claimed to see Jesus sometimes become shrines. When you enshrine something, it means you are creating a shrine around it, or you are giving it its own protected, revered space. This can be literal or figurative. At a funeral, the minister might say that the deceased will forever be enshrined in the memories of those who loved him or her.

Definitions of enshrine

1. verb

   enclose in a place of worship
   “the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral”

   synonyms: shrine

   type of:

   close in, enclose, inclose, shut in

   surround completely
2. verb

   hold sacred
   synonyms: saint

   type of:

   fear, revere, reverence, venerate

   regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of