depository

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/dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/

noun

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.

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The museum is a major depository for ancient Roman artifacts.
depository library
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

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He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
1776, United States Declaration of Independence
Henrietta rang for the attendants to draw in the ponderous curtains; and in the meanwhile, curious to behold the stores of the emblazoned depository, lighted the tapers for herself. The case was speedily unclasped, and the countess stood dazzled with the brilliancy of the precious contents.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Morality of Diamonds”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 17

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From Medieval Latin dēpositōrium, from Latin dēpositum, past participle of dēpōnō.