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feretry

feretry is the alternative form of feretory.

Meaning of feretory

Noun

feretory (plural feretories)

  1. A receptacle that houses relics of saints.
    • His remains were placed inside a new and rich feretory, on a platform behind the high altar.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 578
    Synonyms:
    reliquary
  2. An area of a church where relics are kept.

Forms of feretry

pluralferetries

Questions about feretry

What is feretry the alternative form of?
Feretry is the alternative form of feretory.

Words near feretry in the dictionary

  1. feretories
  2. feretory
  3. feretra
  4. feretries
  5. feretrum
  6. feretry
  7. feretto
  8. Fereythavilin'gili
  9. Ferez
  10. Fergana
  11. fergawdsake

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