aumbry.

A cupboard or wall recess for storage, especially in a church.

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Words that belong together

• church aumbry
• recessed aumbry

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The aumbry stood behind a narrow iron door beside the altar.

She found the cloth folded at the back of the recessed aumbry.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular aumbry; plural aumbries. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.