Enshrines

/ɪnˈʃraɪnz/ verb

Definition

Places something sacred or important in a shrine, or preserves and honors something as sacred or deeply valuable.

Etymology

Third-person singular present tense of 'enshrine,' formed by adding '-s' to the base verb. This form indicates the action happening in the present with a singular subject.

Kelly Says

In modern usage, 'enshrines' appears most in legal language—when we say a law 'enshrines' rights, we're performing a kind of secular sanctification, borrowing religious vocabulary to express how seriously we take our values.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
መስክር
me-skir
ARالعربية
يُقدّس
yu-qad-dis
BNবাংলা
পূজা
poo-ja
CACatalà
enclava
en-cla-va
CSČeština
ukronuje
u-kro-nu-je
DADansk
indvier
in-dvier
DEDeutsch
verehrt
ve-reht
ELΕλληνικά
αποθεώνει
a-po-the-o-nei
ESEspañol
consagra
kon-sa-gra
FAفارسی
تقدیس
taq-dis
FISuomi
kunnioittaa
kun-nioi-taa
FRFrançais
intronise
ɛ̃-tʁɔ-ni-z
GUGU
વંદન
van-dan
HAHA
auku
au-ku
HEעברית
מקדיש
me-ka-dish
HIहिन्दी
पूज्य
poo-jya
HUMagyar
király
ki-ra-ly
IDBahasa Indonesia
menghormati
men-ho-r-ma-ti
IGIG
ihe
i-he
ITItaliano
incorona
in-ko-ro-na
JA日本語
崇拝する
tak-hai-suru
KKKK
құдай
ku-day
KMKM
ប្រពៃ
bra-pay
KO한국어
신성하게 여기다
sin-seong-ha-ge yeo-gi-da
MRMR
वंदन
van-dan
MSBahasa Melayu
menghormati
men-ho-r-ma-ti
MYမြန်မာ
ပြည်တွင်း
pyi-dwin
NLNederlands
inwijdt
in-wijt
NONorsk
innvier
inn-vier
PAPA
ਪਰਵਾ
par-va
PLPolski
wznios
vznios
PTPortuguês
introniza
in-tro-ni-za
RORomână
încoronează
in-ko-ro-na-e
RUРусский
почитает
po-chi-ta-et
SVSvenska
introniserar
in-tron-i-se-rar
SWKiswahili
kuhani
ku-ha-ni
TAதமிழ்
திருமணம்
thiru-ma-nam
TEతెలుగు
పూజ
poo-ja
THไทย
เคารพ
keo-rap
TLTL
pinarangalan
pi-nar-an-ga-lan
TRTürkçe
taçlandırır
tach-lan-dir-ir
UKУкраїнська
шанує
sha-nu-ye
URاردو
مقدس
maq-das
VITiếng Việt
sùng kính
sung-kinh
YOYO
iṣẹ́
i-she
ZH中文
供奉
gōng-fèng
ZUZU
ukuthwala
u-ku-thwa-la

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