Definition of "enshrine" []

• To enclose in or as if in a shrine. (verb-transitive)
• To cherish as sacred. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Granted, some of our medical and scientific terms enshrine errors from earlier centuries."
• "Constitution to permanently "enshrine" a set of parents 'rights into American society."
• "West's message to his audience was not "enshrine" King's legacy."