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 Johnston, Mary
Cicely Elliott looked around her in the darkening room: beside the ambry there hung a brush of feathers such as they used for the dusting of their indoor clothes.
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox
A large ambry adjoins the door in the outer wall.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald
Below the hall is seen a small ambry or cupboard in the wall.
From The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book Revised Edition, 1890 by Gladstone, William Henry
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 Walpole, Horace
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