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ar⋅mor⋅y

  [ahr-muh-ree]
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–noun, plural -mor⋅ies.
1. a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
2. a building that is the headquarters and drill center of a military unit.
3. a place where arms and armor are made; an armorer's shop; arsenal.
4. Heraldry. the art of blazoning arms.
5. heraldry.
6. arms or armor collectively.
7. Archaic. heraldic bearings or arms.
Origin:
1300–50; ME armerie, armur(i)e < MF armoierie, equiv. to OF armoi(er) to bear arms (deriv. of armes arm 2 ) + -erie -ery
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ar·mor·y   (är'mə-rē)   
n.   pl. ar·mor·ies

    1. A storehouse for arms; an arsenal.

    2. A building for storing arms and military equipment, especially one serving as headquarters for military reserve personnel.

  2. An arms factory.

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armory 
"place where arms are manufactured," 1841, Amer.Eng., from arm (2). Earlier, "arsenal" (1538) and "the science of heraldry" (1489), from O.Fr. armoierie, from armoier "to blazon," from L. arma "weapons."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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