feretory
[ fer-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
/ ˈfɛr ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
noun, plural fer·e·to·ries.
a container for the relics of a saint; reliquary.
an enclosure or area within a church where such a reliquary is kept.
a portable bier or shrine.
Nearby words
ferdinand vi, ferdinand vii, ferdus, ferdutzt, fere, feretory, fergana, fergus, fergus falls, ferguson, fergusonite
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Examples from the Web for feretory
At one time, before the erection of the reredos, the feretory must have been visible from the choir.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester|Philip Walsingham SergeantThis seriously affected Chichester, as the fate of the feretory of S. Richard was involved by the mandate.
Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901)|Hubert C. CorletteThe fragments now in the feretory are often very fine, but are most of them sadly mutilated.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester|Philip Walsingham SergeantFeretory, fer′e-tor-i, n. a shrine for relics carried in processions.
British Dictionary definitions for feretory
feretory
/ (ˈfɛrɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /
noun plural -ries mainly RC Church
a shrine, usually portable, for a saint's relics
the chapel in which a shrine is kept
Word Origin for feretory
C14: from Middle French fiertre, from Latin feretrum a bier, from Greek pheretron, from pherein to bear
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