feretories

Variant of feretory

feretory definition

fer·eto·ry (fer′ə tôr′ē)

noun pl. feretories -·ries

  1. a portable reliquary
  2. a place for keeping this

Etymology: altered < ME fertre < OFr fiertre < L feretrum, a litter, bier < Gr pheretron < pherein, bear

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