repository

[ri-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

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noun, plural re·pos·i·tor·ies.

a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing.

an abundant source or supply; storehouse: a repository of information.

a burial place; sepulcher.

a person to whom something is entrusted or confided.

Chiefly British. warehouse.

Nearby words

Origin of repository

1475–85; < Latin repositōrium that in which anything is placed; see reposit, -tory²

SYNONYMS FOR repository

1. depot, storehouse, depository.

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Examples from the Web for repository

Outdated views on family honor—which see women as its repository—have a lot to answer for.
How India’s Honor Culture Perpetuates Mass Rape|Amana Fontanella-Khan|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nobody could object to the way in which the cases were carried from the elevator and set upon stanchions at the repository.
A Final Burial at Ground Zero|Michael Daly|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yet that just contributed to the local lore of the state as a repository for rugged Americana.
Heroin Threatens Vermont’s Rural Paradise|Matt Taylor|February 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The library was so enormous that it was too large for any repository to digest and was therefore sold off over several years.
What Can You Learn About Writers From Their Personal Libraries?|Richard Oram|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Every one has seen some of this china, but it is well worth while to see it en masse in a great quantity at this repository.
Four Years in France|Henry Digby Beste
Vadstene, at least, is not the repository of St. Bridget and her daughter's dust.
Pictures of Sweden|Hans Christian Andersen
He said his house was a repository of the most flagrant iniquities.
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves|Tobias Smollett
It was for this reason that the ark,23 as the repository of the tables, was designated "the Ark of the Covenant."
History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
And my Diary is the repository of my thoughts—thoughts that must not be defiled by your favor-seeking curiosity.
Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess|Henry W. Fischer

British Dictionary definitions for repository

repository

noun plural -ries

a place or container in which things can be stored for safety

a place where things are kept for exhibition; museum

a place where commodities are kept before being sold; warehouse

a place of burial; sepulchre

a receptacle containing the relics of the dead

a person to whom a secret is entrusted; confidant

Word Origin for repository

C15: from Latin repositōrium, from repōnere to place

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Word Origin and History for repository

repository

late 15c., "vessel, etc., for storage," Middle French repositoire or directly from Late Latin repositorium "store," in classical Latin, "a stand on which food is placed," from noun use of repositus, past participle of reponere "put away, store" (see repose (v.2)). Figurative use is recorded from 1640s.