feretory

1. A receptacle to hold the relics of saints; a reliquary.
2. An area of a church in which reliquaries are kept.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman fertre, from Latin feretrum, from Greek pheretron, from pherein, to carry.]

In a church, a space where major relics are kept, often treated as a chapel behind the main altar.

Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.