n. pl. fer·e·to·ries 1. A receptacle to hold the relics of saints; a reliquary. 2. An area of a church in which reliquaries are kept. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum, from Greek pheretron, from pherein, to carry; see bher-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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