Feretory

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]