aumbries
- plural of aumbry.
Example Sentences
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Under the north transept is an early Norman apsidal crypt with aumbries in the walls.
From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by Haslehust, E. W.
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 Savage, Ernest Albert
John Stow, whose gatherings form part of the Harleian collection, saved some books which once reposed in claustral aumbries, mainly owing to the protection and help of Archbishop Parker.
From Old English Libraries by Savage, Ernest Albert
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 Clifton, A. B.
His notes are profusely decorated with a rich array of rood screens, finial crockets, lavatories, aumbries, lecterns, lych sheds, albs, stoups, sedilia, credence tables, pixes, hagioscopes, baudekyns, and squenches.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill
