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Shrine
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
(Latin: scrinium)
Case or chest for books or papers, the box, casket, or other repository in which the relics of a saint are preserved. Also refers to a tomb-like erection of rich workmanship enclosing the same. See also the entry on pilgrimages.
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Entry for 'Shrine'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/s/shrine.html. 1910.