Dictionary entry

Repository

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐pos″i‐to‐ry (rē̍‐pŏz″ĭ‐tō̍‐ry̆), n. [L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.] A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke.