Shrine Etymology: Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary shrine, n.

{dag}1. A box, coffer; a cabinet, chest. (Cf. SCRINE.)
In OE. and ME. applied to the ark of the covenant.

Quotations: c1000 ÆLFRIC Josh. iii. 8 {Th}a sacerdas, {th}a {th}e {th}æt scrin [Vulg. arcam] bera{edh}. c1000 Ags. Gosp. John xii. 6 For{th}am {th}e he wæs {th}eof & hæfde scrin [Vulg. loculos]. c1150 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 546/29 Archa, scrin. 1387 TREVISA Higden (Rolls) III. 109 {Th}e schryne of {th}e testament [arcam testamenti]. 1398 {emem} Barth. de P.R. XIII. ix. (Tollem. MS.), {Th}e schryne of oure lorde [ed. 1582, the Arke]. 1516 Burgh Rec. Edin. (1869) I. 161 Item, in the compertas of Craufurdis ane standand bed, and ane schryne. 1560 Stirling Burgh Rec. (1887) I. 75 Ane schryne but the lid. 1658 PHILLIPS, Shrine, a chest or cabinet.