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

Noun Inflected Forms

• 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

See Examples For:

aumbry aumbries

Morris, 80 Altenglische Dichtungen, 52 Ambry, aumbry, 97 Ancren Riwle, 49 Anglian period, 14 Anglo-French words in dialects, 94-96 Anglo-Saxon, 10, 11, 12 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 12, 48; Laud MS.,

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

The aumbry on the north side in the south choir aisle has been glazed, and is utilised as a cupboard to hold some curiosities.

From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)

‘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

Behind the altar of the north nave is an aumbry, and in the roof above is a cover once used for suspending the canopy over the Host.

From Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End 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

Under the north transept is an early Norman apsidal crypt with aumbries in the walls.

From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by Haslehust, E. W.

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 Mason, Eugene

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

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

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.