feretory
[fer-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- 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.
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Feretory, fer′e-tor-i, n. a shrine for relics carried in processions.
This seriously affected Chichester, as the fate of the feretory of S. Richard was involved by the mandate.
Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901)Hubert C. Corlette
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 WinchesterPhilip Walsingham Sergeant
The fragments now in the feretory are often very fine, but are most of them sadly mutilated.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of WinchesterPhilip Walsingham Sergeant
feretory
- a shrine, usually portable, for a saint's relics
- the chapel in which a shrine is kept
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Word Origin
C14: from Middle French fiertre, from Latin feretrum a bier, from Greek pheretron, from pherein to bear
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