philatory
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French filatiere, philatiere. See phylactery.
Noun[edit]
philatory (plural philatories)
- A kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top, designed to exhibit bones.
References[edit]
- “philatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.