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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 686 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PANTRY (O. Fr. paneterie; Med. See also:Lat. panetaria, a See also:bread-See also:shop, from panis, bread)  , originally a See also:room in a See also:house used for the storage of See also:bread, hence " panter " or " pantler," an officer of a See also:household in See also:charge of the bread and stores . In the royal house-hold of See also:England the See also:office was merged in that of See also:butler . At coronations the office of " panneter " was held by the See also:lord of the See also:manor of Kibworth See also:Beauchamp; it was his See also:duty to carry the See also:salt-cellar and See also:carving-knives to the royal table, and he kept these as his See also:fee . The last holder of the office was See also:Ambrose See also:Dudley, son of See also:John, See also:duke of See also:Northumberland, at See also:Elizabeth's See also:coronation . At his See also:death the manor reverted to the See also:Crown . " See also:Pantry " was See also:early widened in meaning to include a room in a house used for the storing of all kinds of See also:food, and is now restricted to the butler's or parlourmaid's room, where See also:plate, See also:china, See also:glass, &c., for. the use of the table is kept, and duties in connexion with the serving of the table are performed .

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