# shrine

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɹaɪ̯n/ · frequency rank #10,768

## Definitions
1. A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
2. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
3. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.

## Etymology
From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”), “case or chest for books or papers” in Classical Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein).

## Easily confused with
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-sine)
- **spine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-spine)
- **swine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-swine)
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-spring)
- **strike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-strike)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-string)
- **sprint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-sprint)
- **shrink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-shrink)
- **strive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-strive)
- **stripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-stripe)
- **stride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-stride)
- **strife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-strife)
- **sprite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-sprite)
- **shrunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-shrunk)
- **syringe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-syringe)
- **shriver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-shriver)
- **shin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-shrine)
- **Shri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-shrine)
- **shine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shine-vs-shrine)
- **Shane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shane-vs-shrine)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hsrine`, `shhrine`, `shirne`, `shrien`, `shrinne`, `shrnie`, `shrrine`, `srhine`, `sshrine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shrine