English Explanatory Dictionary

philatory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top, designed to exhibit bones.

Word forms

philatory philatories

Etymology

From Old French filatiere, philatiere. See phylactery.

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