单词 | depository |
释义 | depositoryn. 1. A place or receptacle in which things are deposited or placed for safe keeping; a storehouse, a repository. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored aumbry1356 promptuary?a1425 repository1485 staple1523 magazine1583 reposement1592 repertory1593 rendezvous1608 reserve1612 conservatory1624 reconditory1633 dormerc1640 stowagea1641 depositum1646 repositary1650 magazine storehousea1654 deposit1719 reservoir1739 battery1748 depository1750 storage1775 depot1795 depositary1797 repertorium1797 rua1831 stowaway1913 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 5 Alexandria..the depository of all merchandizes from the East and West. 1840 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London ii. x The Jewel Tower..the depository of the Regalia. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xx. 158 The Act..directs that convenient depositories shall be provided..for all such wills..as shall be deposited therein for safe custody. 2. A person (a body of persons, or a thing personified) to whom something is committed for safe keeping; usually figurative (with reference to immaterial things); = depositary n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping > one to whom a thing is entrusted repository1592 depositor1604 depositary1608 depository1656 depositee1676 reposure1682 consignatarya1685 custodee1739 a person of confidence1777 repositary1866 1656 H. Hammond Disarmers Dexterities Examined vii. 242 If we hold these doctrines deposited in the Church..we must hold..that the depository is so truly [sic] as it cannot deceive us. 1779 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 8 Nov. I think well of her judgment in chusing you to be the depository of her troubles. 1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. liv. 290 The pretensions advanced..for the Roman Church..to be the sole depository of all moral principles and practice. 1878 S. Cox Salv. Mundi (ed. 3) viii. 174 Even in those early days when one man, one family, one nation were successively chosen to be the depositories of Divine Truth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1656 |
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