/ rɪˈpɒzətri; NAmE rɪˈpɑːzətɔːri/ noun ( pl. -ies ) ( formal )
1.
a place where sth is stored in large quantities
2.
a person or book that is full of information :
My father is a repository of family history.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 15th cent.: from Old French repositoire or Latin repositorium , from reposit- placed back, from the verb reponere replace, from re- (expressing intensive force) + ponere to place.