noun

• (now historical, rare) A bookcase; a library or archive.
  "Whanne Bors had told hym of the aduentures of the Sancgreal suche as had befalle hym / and his thre felawes that was launcelot / Percyual / Galahad / & hym self There Launcelot told the aduentures of the Sancgreal / that he had sene / Alle this was made in grete bookes / and put vp in almeryes at Salysbury"
• (obsolete) A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.
  "In the closets or almeries on each side of the Frater-house door in the Cloisters, Towels were kept white and clean to dry their Hands upon."
• (now rare) A pantry, or place to store food.
  "Used by a wholesaler or retailer as a wine cabinet, the ambry cupboard suited the needs of a neighborhood inn or small-scale private kitchen."
• (architecture) A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc.; an armarium.
  "At the end of the bench adjoining to the Frater-house door, was a fine almery fixed to the wall, and another on the other side of the door[…]."