feretory

feretory
feretory [fer′ə tôr΄ē]
n.
pl. feretoriesaltered < ME fertre < OFr fiertre < L feretrum, a litter, bier < Gr pheretron < pherein, BEAR1
1. a portable reliquary
2. a place for keeping this

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fer·e·to·ry (fĕrʹĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) n. pl. fer·e·to·ries
1. A receptacle to hold the relics of saints; a reliquary.
2. An area of a church in which reliquaries are kept.
  [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum, from Greek pheretron, from pherein, to carry. See bher-1.

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