An ambry was a cupboard or chest designed to contain the tools of one's profession. In a church, the ambry was a niche or cupboard near the altar designed to hold the utensils requisite for conducting worship - sacred vessels, the Host, holy oil etc. In monasteries an ambry was a pantry or linen press. Research Ambry
Corpus Christi is the festival in the Roman Catholic Church held on the Thursday after TrinitySunday. Corpus Christi means 'body of Christ', and takes the form of the consecrated host at the Lord's supper, which, according to the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, is changed by the act of consecration into the real body of Christ. This doctrine caused the adoration of the consecrated host, and hence the Roman Catholic Church has ordained for the host a particular festival, called the Corpus Christi feast. It was established as a general festival in 1264 by a bull of PopeUrban IV. It commemorates the institution of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper and among Roman Catholics is the occasion of outdoor processions. Research Corpus Christi
A custodia is a shrine of precious metal in the shape of a cathedral, in which the host or the relics of a saint are carried in procession on certain solemn occasions. Research Custodia
The IMF Riots are planned civil disorder which are typified by the series of riots that occurred in Ecuador in March 2001 after the government, at the insistence of the World Bank and IMF, raised the price of cooking gas by 80%. According to former chief economist at the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, the riots in Ecuador and their responses were carefully planned by the World Bank and the Intrnational Monetary Fund (IMF). The purpose of the IMF Riots is to destroy the hostnation economically, allowing global corporations to buy up national resources cheaply (also known as rebuilding a country), benefiting the IMF, the World Bank (51% of which is owned by the US Treasury) and the global corporations at the expense of the 'helped' nation. Research IMF Riots
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