armory

[ ahr-muh-ree ]

noun

, plural ar·mor·ies.

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. heraldry.
6. arms or armor collectively.
7. Archaic. heraldic bearings or arms.

armory

/ ˈɑːmərɪ /

noun

1. the usual US spelling of armoury

Word 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

Example Sentences

The 33-year-old Seattle Shakespeare Company has long operated out of the Center Theatre at Seattle Center Armory, a shared space.

From Seattle Times

An elliptical halo of thin, concentrated light floated in the capacious drill hall of the Park Avenue Armory on a recent morning, above a circular space designed to dissolve your sense of space and time.

From New York Times

At the Armory, listeners will hear five electronic pieces that make up just a sliver of the 29-hour cycle, but even that will be substantial.

From New York Times

Pierre Audi, the Armory’s artistic director, sat nearby, visibly delighted by the scene around him.

From New York Times

Such is the effect of “Inside Light,” the Armory’s theatrical presentation of electronic music from “Licht,” or “Light,” Stockhausen’s monumental, impractical cycle of seven operas written from the late 1970s to the early 2000s.

From New York Times

Related Words

• depot
• headquarters