REPOSITORY


Meaning of REPOSITORY in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.