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单词 depository
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depositoryn.

/dɪˈpɒzɪtəri/
Etymology: < (or on the same type as) medieval Latin dēpositōrium, < participial stem dēposit- or agent-noun dēpositōr-em : see -ory suffix1.
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.
figurative.1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §1. 2 [The Bible] is..a Providential Depository of certain Revelations of truth and duty which have been made at sundry times.
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).
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