feretory

English - Turkish

Definition of feretory in English Turkish dictionary

{i} kutsal emanet odası

bu emanetlerin saklandığı oda

{i} kutsal emanet sandığı

bir azizin ölüsünden veya eşyasından geriye kalan kutsal emanetlerin konduğu sandık

English - English

Definition of feretory in English English dictionary

a receptacle that houses relics of saints

an area of a church where relics are kept

{i} reliquary, container or receptacle or shrine for storing relics of saints

A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints

Hyphenation

fer·e·to·ry

Synonyms

reliquary

Etymology

() Middle English, from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum, from Greek pheretron and pherein 'to carry'