ambry

aumbry (ˈɔːmbrɪ)

/ (ˈæmbrɪ) /

nounplural -bries

a recessed cupboard in the wall of a church near the altar, used to store sacred vessels, etc
obsolete a small cupboard or other storage space

Origin of ambry

C14: from Old French almarie, from Medieval Latin almārium, from Latin armārium chest for storage, from arma arms

Words Nearby ambry

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use ambry in a sentence

Below the hall is seen a small ambry or cupboard in the wall.
The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book | William Henry Gladstone
ambry, am′bri, n. a niche in churches in which the sacred utensils were kept: a cupboard for victuals.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) | Various
There is a double Early English piscina in the south wall, and an ambry in the north.
Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 | Various
With that he restored the goblet to the secret shelf, put back the drawer, and shut the ambry door.
Foes | Mary Johnston
There is an ambry in the south wall near the east end, and the doorway is semicircular and of Norman character.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys | Dugald Butler and Herbert Story

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