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Definition of the noun Ambry
What does Ambry mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: ambries
- [obsolete] A storehouse.
- synonym: armarium
- [context: now historical] A pantry, or place to store food.
- [architecture] A cupboard or storage area in a church; an armarium.
- [context: now historical] An ecclesiastical library or archive.
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Ambry a.k.a. Ambrosia Kelley is an actress.
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Ambry: An ambry is a recessed cabinet in the wall of a Christian church for storing sacred vessels and vestments. They are sometimes near the piscina, but more often on the opposite side. The word also seems in medieval times to be used commonly for any closed cupboard and even bookcase.
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The New American Encyclopedic Dictionary (1906)
The New American Encyclopedic DictionaryAn Exhaustive Dictionary of the English Language : Practical and Comprehensive : Giving the Fullest Definition (encyclopedic in Detail), the Origin, Pronunciation and Use of Words by Robert Hunter, Edward Thomas Roe, Le Roy Hooker, Thomas W. Handford
The niche or £ near the altar in a church, designed to hold the utensils requisite for conducting worship, or otherwise be convenient to the officiating priests; Sometimes the ambry is a ow space within the wall itself, at others it is a wooden ...
The Essential Guide to Catholic Terms (2014)
by Mary Kathleen Glavich
ambry An ambry is a special cabinet for the three holy oils: ...
Universal Dictionary of the English Language (1900)
A New and Original Work Presenting for Convenient Reference the Orthography, Pronuciation, Meaning, Use, Origin and Development of Every Word in the English Language... by Robert Hunter, Charles Morris
Sometimes the ambry is a hollow space within the wall itself. at others it is a wooden box affixed to the surface of the wall. Ambries were also placed in monasteries for the convenience of the monks. (See examples in Glass. of Arch.) (b) A ...
The Modern World Dictionary of the English Language ... (1896)
To which is Added a Compendium of Historical, Biographical, Geographical, Scientific, Religious, and Sociological Names, and a Complete Summary of Human Achievement in the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries ... by Robert Hunter, Charles Morris
Sometimes the ambry is a hollow space within the wall itself, at others it is ...
The Encyclopaedic Dictionary (1896)
A New, Original and Exhaustive Work of Reference to All English Words, Their Origin, Development, Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning and Legitimate Or Customary Use ... by Robert Hunter
Sometimes the ambry is a hollow space within the wall itself, at others it is ...
Dictionary of Early English (1955)
by Joseph T. Shipley
Thus an ambry of hair a meatsafe lined with haircloth. Also aumbry; from Latin armarium, a place for keeping arms and armor, then clothing, etc. (The sound b frequently slips into words, e.g., Latin numerus, English number.) Ambry was a ...
Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture (2013)
by Cyril M. Harris
almery See ambry. almimbar Same as minbar. almocarabe Same as ...
Encyclopedia of Kitchen History (2004)
by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
The original European kitchen cabinet, the ambry (or aumbry) cupboard, which the French called an armoire, is a relic of the Medieval Merchant's House in Southampton, England. It represented an improvement over a simpler method of ...
The English Dialect Dictionary: A-C (1903)
by Joseph Wright
AMBRY ...
Dictionary of the English Church, Ancient and Modern (1881)
by Thomas Moore
ALTAR-SCREEN— AMBRY. 17 ALTAR-SCREEN. The back of an altar, or the partition Ly which the choir is separated from the presbytery and Lady chapel. It is generally (in Europe) of stone, and composed of the richest sculpture of niches, ...
Merriam-Webster's Rhyming Dictionary (2002)
by Merriam-Webster, Inc
sambo Ovambo ambol \am-bal\ see amble2 ambray \am-brë\ see ambry ambry \am-brë\ ambry, chambray ambulant \am-bya-lant\ ambulant somnambulant amby \am-bë\ crambe Dushanbe namby-pamby ame1 \äm\ aim, blame, came, claim, ...
Chambers's encyclopaedia (1901)
a dictionary of universal knowledge by William Chambers, David Patrick, W. & R. Chambers Ltd, J.B. Lippincott Company
AMBRY AMBUSCADE Ambry, a niche or recess in the wall of a church, shut in by a door, for the purpose of holding the vestments and utensils, such as the chalices, basins, cruets, &c. used for the service of the Mass. In monastic buildings ...
The English Dialect Dictionary (1898)
Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years by Joseph Wright
AMBRY, sb. Sc. n.Cy. to Yks. and Lan. ; also Der. Also written aumrie Sc. ; aumry w.Yks.1 Lan.1 ; aumery w.Yks.4 ; aumbry N.Cy.12 ; almery Nhb. [a'mbri, §-mri.J 1. A chest, cupboard where food is kept, pantry. Sc. Steek [close] the amrie, lock ...
The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture (2015)
by James Stevens Curl, Susan Wilson
ambry. See AUMBRY. ambulacrum. 1. *Atrium, *court, or *parvis, sometimes with a ...
The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: A-E (1898)
by Joseph Wright
AMBRY, sb. Sc. n.Cy. to Yks. and Lan.; also Der. Also written aumrie Sc. ; aumry w.Yks.1 Lan.'; aumery w.Yks.'; aumbry N.Cy."; almery Nhb. [a' mbri, ...
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Ambry Meaning
Video shows what ambry means. A bookcase, a library or archive.. A storehouse. (Especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.). A pantry, or place to ...
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Scrabble value of A1M3B3R1Y4
The value of this 5-letter word is 12 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
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