I. ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē noun
( plural -ries )
Date: 15th century
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 repository of knowledge
4. : a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource
5. : a person to whom something is confided or entrusted
II. adjective
Date: 1950
of a drug : designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin