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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pharatrum, n. e.m.E. and med. L. feretrum = Ferter n.1, also a bier (as in Latin).] ? A portable ‘shrine’ in which to carry in procession the Eucharist or the monstrance. —a 1500 Coll. St. Salvator 157.
Ane pharatrum for the sacrament
