feretry

English

Noun

feretry (plural feretries)

  1. Alternative form of feretory.
    • 1903, Herbert Winckworth Tompkins, Hertfordshire, page 188:
      […] feretry, enriching it with gold and silver ornamentation. He placed it behind the High Altar, near the feretry of St. Alban. John de Cella, twenty-first abbot (1195-1214), commenced to rebuild the W. front, notably […]
    • 2019 November 19, Mark Spurrell, The Symbolism of Medieval Churches: An Introduction, Routledge, →ISBN:
      ... feretries and reliquaries.
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