Ambry

Quick meaning: Ambry is a noun meaning (now historical, rare) A bookcase; a library or archive.

Meaning

(now historical, rare) A bookcase; a library or archive.

More Meanings

1. (now rare) A pantry, or place to store food.
2. (architecture) A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc.; an armarium.
3. (obsolete) A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.

Example Sentences

Portions of the consecrated bread from the Eucharist were stored or reserved in an ambry or tabernacle to be taken to the sick.

In the closets or almeries on each side of the Frater-house door in the Cloisters, Towels were kept white and clean to dry their Hands upon.

Used by a wholesaler or retailer as a wine cabinet, the ambry cupboard suited the needs of a neighborhood inn or small-scale private kitchen.

At the end of the bench adjoining to the Frater-house door, was a fine almery fixed to the wall, and another on the other side of the door[…].

Word Forms

• ambries
• ambery

Synonyms for ambry

Depending on context, synonyms include armarium, cupboard, pantry.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include library, bookhouse, bookcase, bookroom, bookstack, closet.

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