Depository

//dɪˈpɑzɪtɔɹi// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.

    "He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures."

  2. 2
    a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping wordnet
  3. 3
    A trustee; a depositary.

    "depository library"

Synonyms

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repositoryaccountantarchivesarmoryarsenalattic

Example

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"“... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.”"

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dēpositōrium, from Latin dēpositum, past participle of dēpōnō.

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