feretory

[fer-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

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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.

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Historical Examples of feretory

Feretory, fer′e-tor-i, n. a shrine for relics carried in processions.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
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 Winchester
Philip 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 Winchester
Philip Walsingham Sergeant

British Dictionary definitions for feretory

feretory

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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