"repositary" meaning in English

See repositary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: repositaries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} repositary (plural repositaries)
  1. Archaic form of repository. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: repository
    Sense id: en-repositary-en-noun-BlesU9JY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1807, George Burnett, Specimens of English Prose Writers (page 351)",
          "text": "In this repositary, the phenomena of nature are ranged under three principal heads."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1866, Henry Richard Fox Bourne, English Merchants (volume 2)",
          "text": "[…] that invaluable repositary, the State Paper Office."
        }
      ],
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        "Archaic form of repository."
      ],
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  "word": "repositary"
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
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