v. Also 6–8 inshrine, (6 enshryne, 7 inscrine). [f. EN-1 + SHRINE.]
1. trans. To enclose (a sacred relic, the image of a deity or saint) in a shrine; to place (a revered or precious object) in an appropriate receptacle.
1586. Warner, Alb. Eng., II. xiii. (1612), 60. Philoctes … His ashes did conuay To Italy, inshrined in his Temple there to stay.
1623. Massinger, Dk. Milan, II. i. D 5 b. Though but a Ducat, We will inshrine it as a holy relique.
1667. Milton, P. L., I. 719. To inshrine Belus or Serapis thir Gods.
a. 1744. Pope, Wife of Bath, 249. [The tomb] where enshrin’d the great Darius lay.
1820. W. Irving, Sketch-bk., I. 267. The remains of those saints and monarchs which lie enshrined in the adjoining chapels.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., xlvii. (1828), IV. 413. The snake-devouring ibis these inshrine.
fig. 1591. Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., III. ii. 119. Burgonie Inshrines thee in his heart.
1661. Morgan, Sph. Gentry, I. vii. 98. Next to his bosom in whom she [Eve] was inscrined.
1671. Milton, P. R., IV. 598. True image of the Father … enshrined In fleshly tabernacle.
1735. Savage, Verses to Knight, in Lond. Mag., IV. 91/1 (R.).
| This sees fair Knight, in whose transcendant mind, | |
| Are wisdom, purity, and truth enshrin’d. |
1841. W. Spalding, Italy & It. Isl., II. 264. Papal orthodoxy sat enshrined in the silent halls of the Escurial.
humorously. 1851. D. Jerrold, St. Giles, ix. 89. He was, ere the church-bell ceased, enshrined in the family pew.
† b. To conceal as within a shrine. Obs.
1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, III. (Arb.), 89. Thee stars imparted no light … And the moon enshryned with closet clowdye remayned.
1596. Spenser, Hymn Beauty, 188. What booteth that celestiall ray, If it in darkness be enshrined ever.
2. To contain as a shrine does; to serve as a shrine for (something sacred or precious). Also fig.
1621. G. Sandys, Ovid’s Met., VII. (1626), 128. The greatest God of all My brest inshrines.
1849. Robertson, Serm., Ser. I. iii. (1866), 41. A poetical shape … enshrining an inner and a deeper truth.
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., I. xxi. 266. The first warm snows … enshrine the flowery growths.
Hence Enshrined ppl. a. Enshrinement, the action of enshrining, in quot. fig.; also concr. that which enshrines or envelopes; in pl. the surroundings. Enshrining vbl. sb.
1795. Southey, Joan of Arc, IV. 135. The slant sunbeam Falls on the arms inshrined.
1849. Fraser’s Mag., XXXIX. 717. This mystery, in all its enshrinements, has the ædes of Egypt striven to express.
1872. J. G. Holland, Marb. Proph., 8. The enshrinement of the Christian faith In sign and symbol.
1872. Bushnell, Serm. Living Subj., 271. The enshrining … of his glorious divinity in them.
