[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.
