a place in which are deposited all utensils necessary for house-keeping. In the ancient abbeys and priories, there was an office under this denomination, wherein were laid up all charities for the poor.

AMBUBAJÆ, in Roman Antiquity, were immodest women, who came from Syria to Rome, where they lived by prostitution, and by playing on the flute. The word is derived from the Syriac abub, which signifies a flute; although others make it to come from am and Baiæ, because these prostitutes often retired to Baiæ. According According to Cruquins, these women used likewise to sell paint for ornamenting the face, &c.