Dictionary

shrinekeeper en · NOUN

Etymology

From shrine + keeper.

Meanings

1. One who keeps a shrine.
   • The shrine wasn’t large: just two buildings, one of which looked like it had been the hut for the shrinekeeper’s family. 2021, Marie Brennan [pseudonym; Bryn Neuenschwander], chapter 5, in The Night Parade of 100 Demons (Legend of the Five Rings), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 60:
   • The society’s curators did not disassemble any memorials, but worked with shrinekeepers who sought a more permanent home for their materials. 2002 March 8, Glenn Collins, “Vessels of a City’s Grief: Displays From Sept. 11 Form a Museum Exhibition”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
   • The Temple of Bounty loomed benevolently over the square, its columns carved with fruit and flowers; shrinekeepers passed out the merchants’ leftover grain and bruised fruit to the poor on its steps. 2017, Melissa Caruso, chapter 5, in The Tethered Mage (Swords and Fire; 1), New York, N.Y.: Orbit, →ISBN, page 55:

Forms

Coordinates

kannushi · priest · miko