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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fer-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛr ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i



Définition of feretory

  • As in reliquary : noun container for relics
Example sentences :
  • Feretory, fer′e-tor-i, n. a shrine for relics carried in processions.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • This seriously affected Chichester, as the fate of the feretory of S. Richard was involved by the mandate.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) » by Hubert C. Corlette
  • At one time, before the erection of the reredos, the feretory must have been visible from the choir.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester » by Philip Walsingham Sergeant
  • The fragments now in the feretory are often very fine, but are most of them sadly mutilated.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester » by Philip Walsingham Sergeant

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