feretory

Meaning

1. A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
2. An area of a church where relics are kept.

Synonyms

shrine

bier

Translations

phylactère

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: feretory

In summary

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.