feretry

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A form of feretory — A receptacle that houses relics of saints.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounferetry (plural feretries)

plural feretries

  1. alternativeAlternative form of feretory.

    ... feretries and reliquaries.

    2019 November 19, Mark Spurrell, The Symbolism of Medieval Churches: An Introduction, Routledge, →ISBN
    1 more example

    […] feretry, enriching it with gold and silver ornamentation. He placed it behind the High Altar, near the feretry of St. Alban. John de Cella, twenty-first abbot (1195-1214), commenced to rebuild the W. front, notably[…]

    1903, Herbert Winckworth Tompkins, Hertfordshire, page 188

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Chicago

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