ambry

== English == === Alternative forms === almery, aumbrie, aumbry, ambery === Etymology === From Middle English almerie, from Anglo-Norman almarie, aumer, etc., from Old French almarie, from Latin armārium. Doublet of armarium, armoire, and almirah. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bɹi/ === Noun === ambry (plural ambries) (now historical, rare) A bookcase; a library or archive. [from 13thc.] (obsolete) A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage. (now rare) A pantry, or place to store food. [from 14thc.] (architecture) A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc. (usually in the sacristy); an armarium. [from 16thc.] 2003, Wm. B. Eerdmans, translating Erwin Fahlbusch et al., The Encyclopedia of Christianity, vol.III, p.321: Portions of the consecrated bread from the Eucharist were stored or reserved in an ambry or tabernacle to be taken to the sick. ==== Synonyms ==== (armarium): armarium (cupboard): cupboard, pantry ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Byram, Mabry, barmy