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Definitions for: Repository
[n] a facility where things can be deposited for safekeeping
[n] a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
[n] a person to whom a secret is entrusted
Webster (1913) Definition: Re*pos"i*to*ry (r?*p?z"?*t$*r?), n. [L.
repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.]
A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for
safety or preservation; a depository. --Locke.
Synonyms: deposit, depository, monument, secretary
See Also: archive, archives, bank, bank building, burial chamber, confidant, depository library, depot, drop, entrepot, facility, installation, intimate, library, lost-and-found, museum, repertory, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture, sperm bank, storage, storage space, store, storehouse, treasury
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