Definition of "ambry" in İngilizce

noun

1. (now historical, rare) A bookcase; a library or archive.

2. (obsolete) A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.

3. (now rare) A pantry, or place to store food.

4. (architecture) A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc.; an armarium.

   • Portions of the consecrated bread from the Eucharist were stored or reserved in an ambry or tabernacle to be taken to the sick.