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armory

[ ahr-muh-ree ]

noun

plural armories.
  1. a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
  2. a building that is the headquarters and drill center of a military unit.
  3. a place where arms and armor are made; an armorer's shop; arsenal.
  4. Heraldry. the art of blazoning arms.
  5. arms or armor collectively.
  6. Archaic. heraldic bearings or arms.


armory

/ ˈɑ˳¾É™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. the usual US spelling of armoury
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of armory1

1300–50; Middle English armerie, armur ( i ) e < Middle French armoierie, equivalent to Old French armoi ( er ) to bear arms (derivative of armes arm 2 ) + -erie -ery
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At one point, Sandoval remembered watching a deputy open the trunk of an SUV filled with AR-15s rescued from the armory.

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Together, they could somewhat grandly be considered the armory of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force.

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Four current exhibitions in particular make a perfect walking tour on the way to the fair or after attending it, and they are all within a 10-minute walk of the armory, and each other.

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He began to experience migraines, dizziness and confusion, to such a degree that his job of keeping accurate counts of weapons in his unit’s armory became a struggle.

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He was the man who, in 1859, led his sons and fellow abolitionists, Black and white, on a raid of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in Virginia, now in West Virginia.

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