- a variation of aumbry.
ambry
Britishnoun
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a recessed cupboard in the wall of a church near the altar, used to store sacred vessels, etc
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obsolete a small cupboard or other storage space
Etymology
Origin of ambry
C14: from Old French almarie, from Medieval Latin almārium, from Latin armārium chest for storage, from arma arms
Example Sentences
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He opened a door of the ambry, pulled out a drawer, and, pressing some spring, revealed a narrow, secret shelf.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
The building is cruciform, of flint, dressed with Totternhoe and Caen stone, and has a square ambry, a very old piscina, and a double sedilia; the latter is E.E.
From Hertfordshire by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
It is so difficult to uncloister you, that I regret not seeing you when you are out of your own ambry.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
Below the hall is seen a small ambry or cupboard in the wall.
From The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book Revised Edition, 1890 by William Henry Gladstone
In the N. aisle is an ambry, and in the S. aisle a sedile and two piscinæ, and on the N. side another ambry.
From Hertfordshire by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
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