Definitions for ambry
ˈæm briam·b·ry

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ambrynoun

   A storehouse.

2. ambrynoun

   A pantry, or place to store food.

3. ambrynoun

   A cupboard or storage area in a church; an armarium.

4. ambrynoun

   An ecclesiastical library or archive.

5. Etymology: From aumry, from aumaire, from armarium.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ambrynoun

   Etymology: a word corrupted from almonry.

   1. The place where the almoner lives, or where alms are distributed.2. The place where plate, and utensils for housekeeping, are kept; also a cupboard for keeping cold victuals: a word still used in the northern counties, and in Scotland.

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1. Ambry

   An ambry (or almery, aumbry; from the medieval form almarium, cf. Lat. armārium, "a place for keeping tools"; cf. O. Fr. aumoire and mod. armoire) 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 have been commonly used for any closed cupboard or even a bookcase.Items kept in an ambry include chalices and other vessels, as well as items for the reserved sacrament, the consecrated elements from the Eucharist. This latter use was infrequent in pre-Reformation churches, although it was known in Scotland, Sweden, Germany and Italy. More usually the sacrament was reserved in a pyx, usually hanging in front of and above the altar or later in a "sacrament house". After the Reformation and the Tridentine reforms, in the Roman Catholic Church the sacrament was no longer reserved in ambries; some ambries were used to house the oil for the Anointing of the Sick. Today in the Roman Catholic Church, the consecrated elements may only be reserved in a tabernacle or hanging pyx; reservation in an ambry is now forbidden.The Reformed churches abandoned reservation of the elements, so that ambries, unless used for housing vessels, became redundant. But, in the Scottish Episcopal church since the eighteenth century and other Anglican churches since the nineteenth century (following the Tractarian revival), reservation has again become common. In the Church of England the sacrament is reserved in all forty-four cathedrals, as well as many parish churches, although it is very uncommon amongst churches of an evangelical tradition. Reservation of the sacrament is quite common in the Episcopal Church of the United States, the Anglican Church of Australia, the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, as well as in the Anglican Church of Canada (though with varying degrees of veneration, depending on the parish). Even some traditionally Low Church parishes, such as St. Anne's, Toronto, reserve the sacrament.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ambrynoun

   in churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc

2. Ambrynoun

   a store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc

3. Ambrynoun

   almonry

4. Etymology: [OE. aumbry, almery, OF. almarie, armarie, aumaire, F. armoire, LL. armarium chest, cupboard, orig. a repository for arms, fr. L. arama arms. The word has been confused with almonry. See Armory.]

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1. ambry

   See AUMBREY.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ambry in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ambry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ambry
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ambry
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambry
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambry
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=ambry