† gazophilacen.
Obsolete. rare.
= gazophylacium n.
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society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chest
gazophylacium1377
gazophilacec1400
treasure-coffer1610
strongbox1684
treasure-chest1849
treasure-box1876
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1283 Þe golde of þe gazafylace..Wyth alle þe vrnmentes of þat hous, he hamppred to-geder.
1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. xxi. 507 Yea, I woulde gladly know, why among so many Greekish and Latine-like terms, Gazophylacium is not a Gazophilace but a ‘treasurie’.]
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