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feretory

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fer=e=to=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

feretoryn. [L. feretrum bier, Gr. , fr. fe`rein to bear, akin to L. ferre, E. bear to support.].
     A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints.  Mollett.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

feretory, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a shrine for a saint's relics.
2 a chapel containing such a shrine.

Etymology
ME f. OF fiertre f. L feretrum f. Gk pheretron f. phero bear

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