feretory

== English == === Alternative forms === feretry === Etymology === From Middle English feretory, fertre, feretre, et al., from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum (“bier, funeral litter”), from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron), from the verb φέρω (phérō, “I carry”). Doublet of feretrum. === Pronunciation === === Noun === feretory (plural feretories) A receptacle that houses relics of saints. Synonym: reliquary An area of a church where relics are kept.