REPOSITORY

I. noun (plural -ries) Date: 15th century a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored ; depository , a side altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is reserved from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday, one that contains or stores something nonmaterial , a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource, a person to whom something is confided or entrusted, II. adjective Date: 1950 designed to act over a prolonged period