ambry
Example Sentences
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In the N. aisle is an ambry, and in the S. aisle a sedile and two piscinæ, and on the N. side another ambry.
From Hertfordshire by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
He opened a door of the ambry, pulled out a drawer, and, pressing some spring, revealed a narrow, secret shelf.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
There is a double Early English piscina in the south wall, and an ambry in the north.
From Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
Selred found the sacristan in the church, for it was the hour of matins, and between them they set what we had brought in the ambry which was built in the chancel wall.
From A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
It is so difficult to uncloister you, that I regret not seeing you when you are out of your own ambry.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
