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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of enshrine.

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Examples

  • Brokaw's reference to "hot pursuit" is a term enshrined in the U. N.'s 1958 Convention on the High Seas that permits coast guards and navies to follow law-breaking ships into international waters.

    Jim Arkedis: Is India Allowed to Attack Pakistan? 2009

  • Each of the 130 members thus far enshrined is commemorated with an open locker displaying personal artifacts and memorabilia.

    Bush-League Move by Hall of Fame? John Paul Newport 2010

  • They are again enshrined, as bright and polished as of yore, and my destiny is once more in their keeping.

    The Dignity of Dollars 2010

  • Relief pitcher Goose Gossage fell 21 votes short of making the baseball Hall of Fame in balloting announced Tuesday, and while he said he was disappointed, he said the urgency to be enshrined is gone.

    Gossage inches closer to Hall berth 2007

  • They are again enshrined, as bright and polished as of yore, and my destiny is once more in their keeping.

    The Dignity of Dollars 1910

  • They are again enshrined, as bright and polished as of yore, and my destiny is once more in their keeping.

    THE DIGNITY OF DOLLARS 1900

  • “Leaper from the Logan, or Martin Martyr” would have had his name enshrined in young lady sonnets, and azure albums, such immortality had little charms for me.

    My Life as an Author Tupper, Martin F 1886

  • Sir Isaac Brock here, so completely is his name enshrined in Canadian history, literature, and tradition.

    Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. Sarah Anne Curzon 1865

  • Still, it was a day of memories for a player who'll one day will likely have his name enshrined in Death Valley's Ring of Honor.

    ajc.com - News 2009

  • Still, it was a day of memories for a player who'll one day will likely have his name enshrined in Death Valley's Ring of Honor.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Pete Iacobelli, AP Sports Writer 2009

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