feretory

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English

Feretories in the church of Saint Bartholomew in Andrzejewo, Poland

Etymology

From Middle English feretory, fertre et al., from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum, from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron), from the verb φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).

Noun

feretory (plural feretories)

A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 578:
  His remains were placed inside a new and rich feretory, on a platform behind the high altar.
An area of a church where relics are kept.

Synonyms

reliquary

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