Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FERETORY
n.[L. feretrum, a bier. ] A place in a church for a bier.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FERETORY
Fer `e *to *ry, n. Etym: [L. feretrum bier, Gr. ferre, E. bear to support. ]
Defn: A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints. Mollett.
New American Oxford Dictionary
feretory
feretory |ˈfɛrət (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. feretories ) rare a portable shrine containing the relics of a saint. • a chapel containing a feretory. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fiertre, via Latin from Greek pheretron ‘bier ’, from pherein ‘bear, carry ’.
Oxford Dictionary
feretory
feretory |ˈfɛrət (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. feretories ) rare a portable shrine containing the relics of a saint. • a chapel containing a feretory. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fiertre, via Latin from Greek pheretron ‘bier ’, from pherein ‘bear, carry ’.
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