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ambry
English
Alternative forms
- almery, aumbrie, aumbry, ambery
Etymology
From Middle English almerie, from Anglo-Norman almarie, aumer, etc., from Old French almarie, from Latin arm?rium. Doublet of armarium and armoire.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???m.b?i/
Noun
ambry (plural ambries)
- (now historical, rare) A bookcase; a library or archive. [from 13thc.]
- (obsolete) A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.
- (now rare) A pantry, or place to store food. [from 14thc.]
- (architecture) A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc.; an armarium. [from 16thc.]
- 1983, Dennis G. Michno, A Priest's Handbook, Morehouse 1998, p.75:
- Nothing else should be kept in the tabernacle or aumbry where the Sacrament is reserved, but a small container of water and a cloth may be kept on the shelf for cleansing one's fingers.
- 2003, Wm. B. Eerdmans, translating Erwin Fahlbusch et al., The Encylopedia of Christianity, vol.III, p.321:
- Portions of the consecrated bread from the Eucharist were stored or reserved in an ambry or tabernacle to be taken to the sick.
- 1983, Dennis G. Michno, A Priest's Handbook, Morehouse 1998, p.75:
Synonyms
- (armarium): armarium
- (cupboard): cupboard, pantry
Anagrams
- Byram, Mabry, barmy
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amby
English
Etymology
Shortening of ambidextrous +? -y, after the pattern of rightie and leftie.
Noun
amby (plural ambies)
- (informal) An ambidextrous person.
- 1999, Cliff Gromer (ed.), "Great Stuff", Popular Mechanics, August 1999:
- The slim design makes for easy one-hand opening for righties, lefties and ambies.
- 2001, Rita Robinson, Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading, New Page Books (2001), ?ISBN, page 41:
- Medical scientists speculate that lefties and ambies exercise their brains more and grow more cells.
- 1999, Cliff Gromer (ed.), "Great Stuff", Popular Mechanics, August 1999:
See also
- leftie
- rightie
Anagrams
- Byam
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