Spicery

A spicery was the office in a medieval household responsible for spices, as well as the room in which the spices were kept. It was headed by a spicerer. The office was subordinated to the kitchen or the wardrobe, and only existed as a separate office in larger households. It was closely connected with other offices of the kitchen, such as the saucery and the scullery. [cite book | first = C. M. | last = Woolgar | authorlink = | title = The Great Household in Late Medieval England | edition = | publisher = Yale University Press | location = New Haven and London | year = 1999 | page = pp. 111, 144 | id = ISBN 0-300-07687-8 | url = ] The term is largely obsolete today, and if used at all is more often simply a synonym for spices. [cite web | url = http://webster.com/dictionary/spicery | title = spicery | publisher = Merriam-Webster | author = | date = | accessdate = 2008-01-19]

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