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 New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)
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 Macdougall, W. B.
A large ambry adjoins the door in the outer wall.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald
He opened a door of the ambry, pulled out a drawer, and, pressing some spring, revealed a narrow, secret shelf.
From Foes by Johnston, Mary
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 Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
