ALMERY, ALMERY, AUMBRIE, or AMBRY (from the medieval form almarium, cf. Lat. almarium, a place for keeping tools; cf. O. Fr. aumoire and mod. armoire)

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ALMERY, ALMERY, AUMBRIE, or AMBRY (from the medieval form almarium, cf. Lat. almarium, a place for keeping tools; cf. O. Fr. aumoire and mod. armoire) , in architecture, a

recess

RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

in the

wall

WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the
original
- ORIGINAL
O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
WALL,
RICHARD
(1694-1778)

of a

church

CHURCH
CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
kirk
- KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
CHURCH,
RICHARD
WILLIAM (1815–189o)
CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

, sometimes square-headed, and sometimes arched over, and closed with a

door

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the
English
- ENGLISH
word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

like a cupboardused to contain the chalices, basins, cruets, &c., for the use of the priest; many of them have stone shelves. They are sometimes near the piscina, but more often on the opposite side. The word also seems in medieval times to be used commonly for any closed

cupboard

CUPBOARD

and even bookcase.

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