Almonry

Word ALMONRY
Character 7
Hyphenation al mon ry
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Almonry"

What do we mean by almonry?

A building in which alms were distributed.

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The word "almonry" in example sentences

The two heavy halls on the lowest level are now called the almonry and the cellar, which is a distinction between administrative arrangements that does not concern us. ❋ Henry Adams (1878)

The almonry was not merely "within the precincts of the abbey," it was actually a part of the abbey. ❋ Various (N/A)

The _old_ chapel of St. Anne stood in the New-way, near the back of the workhouse, at the bottom of the almonry leading to what is now called ❋ Various (N/A)

What may not have been the meek creature's sufferings, what his wanderings, before he finally settled down in the comparative comfort of an old hospitaller of the almonry of Newcastle? ❋ Various (N/A)

Wynkyn de Worde was sometime schoolmaster of Saint Alban's, and Lady Juliana Berners 'famous volume issued from the Abbey Press, while Caxton was still pursuing his craft in the almonry of another monastery at Westminster. ❋ Various (N/A)

This porter's gate was in existence during the last century, but now both it and the cathedral almonry that used to stand near by have disappeared. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The place wherein this chapel and alms-house standeth was called the Elemosinary, or almonry, now corruptly the ambry, for that the alms of the Abbey were there distributed to the poor; and therein Islip, abbot of Westminster, erected the first press of book-printing that ever was in England, about the year of Christ 1471. ❋ Various (N/A)

In the meantime we proceed with the _locale_ of Caxton's house, situate on the south-west of Westminster Abbey, where was formerly the eleemosynary, or almonry, where the alms of the abbots were distributed. ❋ Various (N/A)

The almonry was one of the courts of the abbey, (situated directly west of the abbey-church, and not east, as Dr. Dibdin surmised); it contained a chapel dedicated to ❋ Various (N/A)

Stow distinctly says it was in the almonry of the abbey; and the handbill Dr. Rimbault refers to confirms that fact. ❋ Various (N/A)

Westminster who allowed William Caxton to set up his press in the almonry within the abbey of Westminster, was probably John Esteney, who became abbot in the year 1475, and died in 1498. ❋ Various (N/A)

Beyond the Green Court Gate stood the almonry and a granary, and south of these buildings was the Archbishop's Palace, so ruined in Puritan times that the remains of a gateway in Palace Street is practically all that can now be seen. ❋ Gordon Home (1923)

At the bottom are the cellar and almonry, then comes the Salle des Chevaliers and the dormitory, and above all are the beautiful cloisters and the refectory. ❋ Gordon Home (1923)

The lowest contains the almonry and cellar; above these come the refectory and "hall of the knights", on which again rest the dormitory and the cloister. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

To these may be added the calefactory, the parlour, or locutorium, the almonry, and the offices of the obedientiaries; but these additional buildings fitted into the general plan where they best might, and their disposition differed somewhat in the various monasteries. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The next year she built an almonry for the relief of the poor, and opened poor-schools. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

At the almonry (_C_) food and drink were given out; on the second floor rooms for the night could be had; in the little chapel (_D_) prayers could be said; and in the stable (_F_) the traveler's horse could be cared for for the night. ❋ Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1904)

This place was his almonry and cloister in one: here, after looking to the feeding of his four-footed dependants, the celibate would walk and meditate of an evening till the moon's rays streamed in through the cobwebbed windows, or total darkness enveloped the scene. ❋ Unknown (1874)

He increased the allowances to the kitchen, cellars, and almonry. ❋ Thomas Perkins (1874)

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