English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French filatiere, philatiere. See phylactery.
Noun
editphilatory (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.