spicery

American  

[spahy-suh-ree] / ˈspaɪ sə ri /

noun

plural

spiceries

1. spice.

2. spicy flavor or fragrance.

3. Archaic. a storeroom or place for spices.

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spicery British  

/ ˈspaɪsərɪ /

noun

1. spices collectively

2. the piquant or fragrant quality associated with spices

3. obsolete a place to store spices

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Etymology

Origin of spicery

1250–1300; Middle English spicerie < Old French espicerie. See spice, -ery

Example Sentences

We see the Midianite and Ishmaelite caravan passing Dothan—still known by its ancient name—with their bales of spicery from Gilead for the dwellers in the Delta, and carrying away with them the young Hebrew slave.

From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

And therewithal was such savor As bloweth over sea From a land of many colored flowers And trees of spicery.

From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee

For you must know that all the spicery, and the cloths of silk and gold, and the other valuable wares that come from the interior, are brought to that city.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

These are essences, are "nests of spicery", bitter and sweet, honey and gall together.

From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William

There grow all manner of spicery, more plenteously than in any other country, as of ginger, cloves-gilofre, canell, seedwall, nutmegs and maces. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir