aumbry
Americannoun
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Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
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Chiefly British Dialect. a storeroom, closet, or pantry.
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Obsolete. any of various types of closet or cupboard with doors and shelves.
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Etymology
Origin of aumbry
First recorded in 1200–1250; Middle English aumry, almerie, almarie, from Old French aumaire, almarie, from Medieval Latin almārium, dissimilated variant of armārium, from Latin; see armarium
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In the north wall there is a square aumbry, and in the south wall a large piscina, with trefoil head and projecting basin.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric by Hallett, Cecil Walter Charles
In the south wall a large aumbry or cupboard, in the thickness of the walls, may be seen; in this possibly the canons kept the books that they had brought from the library for study.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
In small compass there are a stone altar with five crosses, an aumbry beneath the altar, and the tomb with recumbent effigy of the founder.
From Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century by Benson, Edwin
An aumbry, lavabo, and piscina are all worthy of study.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
At the eastern end of the chancel are an aumbry and piscina.
From What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Home, Gordon
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.
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
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 Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
Under the north transept is an early Norman apsidal crypt with aumbries in the walls.
From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by Haslehust, E. W.
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
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