aumbry

American  

[am-bree] / ˈæm bri /

Obsolete, almery or ambry

noun

aumbries plural

1. 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.

2. Chiefly British Dialect. a storeroom, closet, or pantry.

3. Obsolete. any of various types of closet or cupboard with doors and shelves.

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aumbry British  

/ ˈɔːmbrɪ /

noun

1. a variant of ambry

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• aumbries
  plural

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

Example Sentences

There is a square aumbry to the right of this monument, and in the next bay another, divided by a stone shelf and having modern doors with ornamental iron-work.

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

The sedilia in the chancel and the aumbry in the north transept should be seen.

From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric

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

‘There’s venison in the aumbry, Mary,    There’s claret in the vat; Come in, and breakfast in the hall    Where once my mother sat!’

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

In the next chapel, that of the Four Virgins, there is nothing to show where the aumbry or the piscina was.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See by Corlette, Hubert C. (Hubert Christian)