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Definition of Feretory
1. n. A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints.
Definition of Feretory
1. Noun. a receptacle that houses relics of saints ¹
2. Noun. an area of a church where relics are kept ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feretory
1. a receptacle in which sacred relics are kept [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feretory
Literary usage of Feretory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Days of the Early English Church from the Arrival of Theodore to by Henry Hoyle Howorth (1917)
"In the year 1372, John, Lord Neville of Raby, spent ^200 in building a fine
feretory of marble and alabaster on which to plant the shrine of St. ..."
2. The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham: Comprising a by William Fordyce (1857)
"Also, within the said feretory, both on the north side and the south, ...
Within this feretory were many little pictures of saints, of imagery work, ..."
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