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feretory

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Definition of feretory

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
    “His remains were placed inside a new and rich feretory, on a platform behind the high altar.”
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noun

  1. A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
    “His remains were placed inside a new and rich feretory, on a platform behind the high altar.”
  2. An area of a church where relics are kept.

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Etymology

From Middle English feretory, fertre, feretre, et al., from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum (“bier, funeral litter”), from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron), from the verb φέρω (phérō, “to carry”). Doublet of feretrum.

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