† thesauraryn.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
1. The office of treasurer; treasurership. Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > office of
thesaurary1473
treasurership1483
thesaurya1639
bursarshipa1656
burse1695
treasuryship1700
1473–4 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 1 Compt of a reuerennd fader in God..of the office of Thesaurary.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 291 The Cardinal..put him fra the office of the Thesaurarie.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 11 Archibald was depryvit of the thesaurarie.
2. transferred. A treasury; also = thesaurus n. 2.
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society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun]
treasuryc1290
coffer1377
treasure1426
hoard-housec1440
treasure-house1486
thesaurhouse1488
thesaurer house1489
thesaurary house1495
gold housea1500
thesaurary1592
reconditory1633
thesaurya1639
thesaurus1823
chancery1842
trove1976
society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > encyclopaedia
thesaurary1592
magazine1639
encyclopaedia1644
enciclopaidion1693
cyclopaedia1728
cyclopede1778
pantology1813
thesaurus1840
collegiate dictionary1872
collegiate1898
desk dictionary1948
learner's dictionary1948
megabook1990
1592 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 558/1 The ordinar fies..sall nawayis be gevin out of his Maiesties thesaurarie.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. C iij b/2 The end of the thesaurarye or storehouse of the Instrumentes of Chyrurgerie.
Compounds
thesaurary house n. treasury.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun]
treasuryc1290
coffer1377
treasure1426
hoard-housec1440
treasure-house1486
thesaurhouse1488
thesaurer house1489
thesaurary house1495
gold housea1500
thesaurary1592
reconditory1633
thesaurya1639
thesaurus1823
chancery1842
trove1976
1495 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 268 To turs it to the Thesaurary hous in the Castell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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