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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 1020 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHRINE (See also:Lat. scrinium, a See also:case or See also:chest for books, hence a See also:casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)  , the See also:term given to the repository or See also:chest to hold sacred See also:relics . Sometimes shrines are merely small boxes, generally with raised tops like See also:roofs; sometimes actual See also:models of churches; some-times large constructions like that at St Albans, that of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor at See also:Westminster, of Ste See also:Genevieve at See also:Paris, &c . Many are covered with jewels in the richest way, such as the example at St Taurin, at See also:Evreux in See also:Normandy, and that of See also:San Carlo See also:Borromeo, at See also:Milan, of beaten See also:silver; the largest See also:series are those which were enriched with enamels . Sometimes the term is given to the See also:chapel in which the See also:shrine is deposited .

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