‖ ˈferetrum
[L. feretrum: see feretory.]
= feretory 1.
| 1536 in Antiq. Sarisb. (1771) 192 A Feretrum, silver and gilt, with four pillars and one steeple. 1878 Mackintosh Hist. Civilization Scot. I. xi. 496 The feretrum, the shrine in which the..remains of the Saint were supposed to be kept. |