Definitions for feretories

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feretories fer·e·to·ry

Spelling: [fer-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

IPA: /ˈfɛr ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Feretories is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 348 anagrams from letters in feretories (eeefiorrst).

Definitions for feretories

noun

1. a container for the relics of a saint; reliquary.
2. an enclosure or area within a church where such a reliquary is kept.
3. a portable bier or shrine.

Examples for feretories

At one time, before the erection of the reredos, the feretory must have been visible from the choir.

This seriously affected Chichester, as the fate of the feretory of S. Richard was involved by the mandate.

feretory, fer′e-tor-i, n. a shrine for relics carried in processions.

The fragments now in the feretory are often very fine, but are most of them sadly mutilated.