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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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
Coming to a fine carved ambry, he hesitated, then stood still.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
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
A large ambry adjoins the door in the outer wall.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler
At the east end of the church, on the gospel side of the site of the high altar, there is a recess in the wall, forming an ambry of elegant form.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
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