aumbry

aumbry [am-bree] Examples noun, plural aum·bries.

1. ambry.

ambry or aum·bry [am-bree] noun, plural am·bries.

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.

Origin of ambry 1200–1250; Middle English aumry, almerie, almarie Old French aumaire, almarie Medieval Latin almārium, dissimilated variant of armārium armarium Examples from the Web for aumbry Historical Examples of aumbry

The aumbry in the south wall has a semicircular arch, and has been double.

An Account of Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen

Anonymous

She opened swiftly an aumbry in which there stood a tankard of milk.

The Fifth Queen

Ford Madox Ford

Note the piscina and aumbry; the old font; the stoup in the S. porch.

Somerset

G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade

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

Wanderings in Wessex

Edric Holmes

Note the old font which was evidently at one time coloured; also the aumbry, piscina and sedile.

Seaward Sussex

Edric Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for aumbry aumbry noun plural -bries

1. a variant of ambry

ambry aumbry (ˈɔːmbrɪ) noun plural -bries

1. a recessed cupboard in the wall of a church near the altar, used to store sacred vessels, etc
2. obsolete a small cupboard or other storage space

Word Origin for ambry C14: from Old French almarie, from Medieval Latin almārium, from Latin armārium chest for storage, from arma arms