Look up: aumbry

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   Aumbry
   Recess to hold sacred vessels; typically in a chapel.
   Found on http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossary.
   
   
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   Aumbry
   recess to hold sacred vessels, often found in castle chapels
   Found on http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.
   
   
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   aumbry
   a cupboard to hold the vessels used in the mass
   Found on http://www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/glos
   
   
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   aumbry
   A cupboard or niche in a wall of a church. It is sometimes written in the form `almery`, being confused with `almonry` and taken to mean a place for alms. This word is usually applied to a...
   Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/
   
   
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   Aumbry
   A recess, or cupboard, near an altar in which sacred vessels are kept. This may be open to view or lockable.
   Found on http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k
   
   
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   Aumbry
   A cupboard or recess for sacred vessels, generally found in the north or south wall of the chancel.
   Found on http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/crsbi/frglossary.
   
   
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   Aumbry
   a small recess or cupboard used to hold sacred vessels, most often in the thickness of the wall. see church design
   Found on http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glo
   
   
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   Aumbry
   A cupboard. In the Middle Ages used to store the communion vessels. Since 1900, in some churches, used for keeping the reserved sacrament. See Tabernacle.
   Found on http://www.norwichchurches.co.uk/Glossar
   
   
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   aumbry
   A simple cupboard dating from medieval times. Originally the aumbry, ambrey or almery consisted of a recessed shelved area in a wall enclosed by wooden doors, and later developed into a freestanding cupboard fir storing food, with pierced ventilation holes in the doors, which was used until the 16thC.
   Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary
   
   
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    Aumbry
    Aum'bry noun Same as Ambry .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/146
    
    
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    Aumbry
    In medieval times, an `aumbry` was a cupboard in the wall of a Christian church or in the sacristy which was used to store chalices and other vessels and which was used also for the reserved sacrament, the consecrated elements from the communion service. This was an uncommon usage in pre-Reformation churches, (though it was known in Scotland, Sweden, Germany and Italy). More usually the sacrament was reserved in a pyx usually hanging in front of ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aumbry
    
    
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    Aumbry
    • (n.) Same as Ambry.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    aumbry
    a mural cupboard for storing valuables
    Found on http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle