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acatry

acatry noun: a room or place used to store provisions purchased for the king.

Noun

acatry

  1. (historical) A room or place used to store provisions purchased for the king.
    • A look at the monthly provisions for the queen's table from only two departments, the acatry and the poultry, suggests that the courts arrival must have depopulated the wildlife in surrounding counties to supply it.1999, Mary Hill Cole, The Portable Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Ceremony, page 44

Questions about acatry

What does acatry mean?
Acatry means a room or place used to store provisions purchased for the king.
What part of speech is acatry?
Acatry is a noun.

Words near acatry in the dictionary

  1. acathists
  2. acathistus
  3. acatholic
  4. acatour
  5. acatours
  6. acatry
  7. ACATS
  8. acaudal
  9. acaudate
  10. acaulescence
  11. acaulescent

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