ambry
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At the east end of the church, on the gospel side of the site of the high altar, there is a recess in the wall, forming an ambry of elegant form.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
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
Below the hall is seen a small ambry or cupboard in the wall.
From The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book Revised Edition, 1890 by William Henry Gladstone
A large ambry adjoins the door in the outer wall.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler
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
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