Crossword-Solution: FERETORY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Feretory | n. | A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “FERETORY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| TOMB for relics of saint | 1 answer |
| Bier | 4 answers |
| chapel | 11 answers |
| tomb | 47 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with FERETORY (5)
The Abbot grew to call her chamber the feretory; the faithful gave alms, particularly the seamen from Wanmouth.
The feretory made by Abbot Geoffrey still contained the bones of the martyr; this was now covered by the work of Abbot Symeon, which was made of large size so as to contain the other.
Swithun," says Woodward, "were doubtless lost at the Reformation, when his costly shrine was taken from the feretory, where it stood so long, and destroyed." The period was now at hand when many seem to have considered it a religious duty to destroy monuments, or at least deface them; and Winchester, though it suffered less than many churches, by no means escaped damage.
The great #Reredos#, which separates the presbytery from the feretory and the eastern end of the church, is, to judge from its style, late fifteenth-century work.
The feretory is without internal decoration, but the exterior of the east wall is adorned with nine rich Decorated tabernacles, with the yet legible names of saints and king who once occupied the eighteen pedestals within them.