Definitions for ambries

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ambries am·bry

Spelling: [am-bree]

IPA: /ˈæm bri/

Ambries is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 325 anagrams from letters in ambries (abeimrs).

Definitions for ambries

noun

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 ambries

1200-1250; Middle English aumry, almerie, almarie Old French aumaire, almarie Medieval Latin almārium, dissimilated variant of armārium armarium

Examples for ambries

There is an ambry in the south wall near the east end, and the doorway is semicircular and of Norman character.

There is a double Early English piscina in the south wall, and an ambry in the north.

With that he restored the goblet to the secret shelf, put back the drawer, and shut the ambry door.

ambry, am′bri, n. a niche in churches in which the sacred utensils were kept: a cupboard for victuals.

Betty Lamb found the ambry niche in the wall of the ruin at the side of the place where the altar had been.