repository

repository
I. 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
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • repository — late 15c., vessel, etc., for storage, from L.L. repositorium store, in classical L., a stand on which food is placed, from reposit , pp. stem of reponere put away, store. Figurative use is recorded from 1640s …   Etymology dictionary

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  • repository — ► NOUN (pl. repositories) 1) a place or receptacle for storage. 2) a place where something is found in significant quantities. ORIGIN Latin repositorium, from reponere replace …   English terms dictionary

  • Repository — Ein Repository (engl. für Lager, Depot, Quellen oder Archiv, Plural Repositories), auch Repositorium, ist ein verwaltetes Verzeichnis zur Speicherung und Beschreibung von digitalen Objekten. Bei den verwalteten Objekten kann es sich… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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