Complete Definition of "feretory"

English

Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum, from Greek pheretron and pherein 'to carry'

Noun
feretory

  1. a receptacle that houses relics of saints
  2. an area of a church where relics are kept

Synonyms
reliquary

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