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enshrine

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To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.

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the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral Source: Internet

A campaign to enshrine in the state's Constitution an amendment guaranteeing Minnesotans the right to a quality public education is forging unlikely alliances as the state Legislature comes back into session. Source: Internet

But in so doing, it has served to enshrine social and professional inequalities, which mothers must fight against every day. Source: Internet

British farmers urge MPs to back plans to enshrine food standards in law as they warn importing 'low quality' items like chlorinated chicken under post-Brexit trade deals could 'force them out of business' Source: Internet

Also, state legislators have sponsored bills in every session since 2006 proposing to amend the Constitution to enshrine the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. Source: Internet

All of your words amount to an effort to enshrine a systemic prejudice in how we deal fellow citizens on the street on the basis of the fact that we are all vulnerable to fears, prejudices and generalizations. Source: Internet

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