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ALMERY, ALMERY, AUMBRIE, or AMBRY (from the medieval form almarium, cf. Lat. almarium, a place for keeping tools; cf. O. Fr. aumoire and mod. armoire)
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ALMERY, ALMERY, AUMBRIE, or AMBRY (from the medieval form almarium, cf. Lat. almarium, a place for keeping tools; cf. O. Fr. aumoire and mod. armoire), in architecture, a recess in the wall of a church, sometimes square-headed, and sometimes arched over, and closed with a door like a cupboard—used to contain the chalices, basins, cruets, &c., for the use of the priest; many of them have stone shelves. 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.