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feretory
[ fer-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
/ ˈfɛr ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
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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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Origin of feretory
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English fertre, feretory, firetree, from Old French fiertre, from Latin feretrum, from Greek phė́retron “bier, litter”
Words nearby feretory
Ferdinand VI, Ferdinand VII, Ferdus, ferdutzt, fere, feretory, Fergana, Fergus, Fergus Falls, Ferguson, fergusonite
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How to use feretory in a sentence
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 SergeantThe 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.
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
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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