aumbry
noun
a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
aumbries
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pluralof aumbry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On the west side are several large aumbries, in which, no doubt, the relics were kept.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by A. B. Clifton
In the third chamber was brought together the wealth of all the world, and in that place also were set the aumbries of Asenath.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
Under the north transept is an early Norman apsidal crypt with aumbries in the walls.
From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by E. W. Haslehust
Two recesses for aumbries are still to be seen in the cloister at Worcester: it is recorded that one book, the Speculum Spiritualium, was to be delivered "to ye cloyster awmery."
From Old English Libraries by Ernest Albert Savage
The north aisle contains three aumbries and the south aisle has one, probably removed from elsewhere in the church.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
