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ar⋅mar⋅i⋅um

  [ahr-mair-ee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -mar⋅i⋅a  [-mair-ee-uh] .
ambry (def. 1).
Origin:
< L: cupboard, safe, equiv. to arm(a) weapons, tools + -ārium -arium

am⋅bry

  [am-bree]
–noun, plural -bries.
1. Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
2. Chiefly British Dialect. a storeroom, closet, or pantry.
3. Obsolete. any of various types of closet or cupboard with doors and shelves.
Also, aumbry.

Origin:
1200–1250; ME aumry, almerie, almarie < OF aumaire, almarie < ML almārium, dissimilated var. of armārium < L. See armarium
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