Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Feretory

Ferˊe-to-ry

,
Noun.
[L.
feretrum
bier, Gr. [GREEK], fr.
φέρειν
to bear, akin to L.
ferre
, E.
bear
to support.]
A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints.
Mollett.

Webster 1828 Edition

Feretory

FER'ETORY

,
Noun.
[L. feretrum, a bier.] A place in a church for a bier.

Definition 2024

feretory

feretory

English

Noun

feretory ‎(plural feretories)

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

Synonyms

Etymology

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

Similar Results