单词 | repositary |
释义 | repositaryn. = repository n. (in various senses). 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 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 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. viii. f. 393v Behold here the Ark..a Repositary for the Tables of the Covenant. 1691 L. Echard Flanders i. 18 Here stands their Hall or Repositary for Wool, which, though old, is nevertheless a handsom piece. ?1790 M. A. Kilner Course Lect. (ed. 5) II. 77 The stores usually laid up in these repositaries had been long exhausted. 1804 G. Huddesford Wiccamical Chaplet 172 Many a learned antiquary Finds Him a safe repositary. 1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) i. i. 3 You meet with men who were great repositaries of the literature of the day. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 395 It gratified him to think that she had chosen him for the repositary of her tale. 1968 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 17 269 The Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office became the repositary of the vestigial remains of the office of Queen's Advocate. 2006 M. Hewitson in T. Baycroft & M. Hewitson What is Nation? 336 Nationalism fundamentally altered the conduct, scope, impact, and framework of politics, both domestic and foreign, creating a new and ultimate repositary of power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650 |
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