feretory

n. [宗]圣骨箱, 棺架

词形变化

feretories 复数 feretories

别名

feretry

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A receptacle that houses relics of saints.

  2. 2.

    An area of a church where relics are kept.

词源

From Middle English feretory, fertre, feretre, et al., from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum (“bier, funeral litter”), from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron), from the verb φέρω (phérō, “to carry”). Doublet of feretrum.

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