[re.pos.i.to.ry] n, pl -ries (15c) 1: a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored: depository
2: a side altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is reserved from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday
3: one that contains or stores something nonmaterial "considered the book a ~ of knowledge"
4: a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource
5: a person to whom something is confided or entrusted
[2]repository adj (1950) of a drug: designed to act over a prolonged period "~ penicillin"