depository library

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noun

a library designated by law to receive without charge all or a selection of the official publications of a government.

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Origin of depository library

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby depository library

depositary, deposition, deposit money, depositor, depository, depository library, deposit slip, depot, depot injection, Depp, depr.

How to use depository library in a sentence

The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
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He does not hesitate to hide some Marxist books from her library because she fears that the military could use them against her.
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For a few hours every day she would read big books at the library, watch reruns of the show, and dig through questions in the J!
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A shooter opened fire inside the library at Florida State University this morning.
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The parliament house and library of the British provinces, at Montreal, burned by a mob.
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This library is considered the most valuable and extensive in American history and antiquities, ever collected.
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At this stock-taking the number unaccounted-for is twenty-two, several of which are quite recent accessions to the Library.
Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year 1924-25|General Assembly Library (New Zealand)
The correspondence of the Library has quite materially increased in volume.
Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year 1924-25|General Assembly Library (New Zealand)
She wished that Lady Victoria had made the appointment for the library, which was equally in tune with another side of her.
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