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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
feretory /ˈfɛrət(ə)ri/

▶noun (pl. feretories) rare a portable shrine containing the relics of a saint.

■ a chapel containing such a shrine.

– origin ME: from OFr. fiertre, via L. from Gk pheretron ‘bier’, from pherein ‘bear, carry’.

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