The Collaborative International Dictionary
Feretory
Feretory \Fer`e*to*ry\, n. [L. feretrum bier, Gr. ?, fr. fe`rein
to bear, akin to L. ferre, E. bear to support.]
A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for
containing relics of saints.
--Mollett.
Wiktionary
feretory
n. 1 a receptacle that houses relics of saints 2 an area of a church where relics are kept