English Explanatory Dictionary

feretory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
  2. An area of a church where relics are kept.

Word forms

feretory feretories feretry

Etymology

From Middle English feretory, fertre, feretre, et al., from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum (“bier, funeral litter”), from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron), from the verb φέρω (phérō, “to carry”). Doublet of feretrum.

Synonyms

reliquary
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