Definitions for feretory

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feretory fer·e·to·ry

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

IPA: /ˈfɛr ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Feretory is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in feretory (eeforrty).

Definitions for feretory

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 feretory

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

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

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

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