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Definition of Repositories
1. repository [n] - See also: repository
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repositories
Literary usage of Repositories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Libraries and Founders of Libraries by Edward Edwards (1864)
"This number is exclusive of repositories the contents of which were limited to
Records ... Including these and the provincial repositories of various kinds, ..."
2. Studies in English Official Historical Documents by Hubert Hall (1908)
"D. EXISTING repositories OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. Many ancient and valuable Records
... The repositories marked with an asterisk had been virtually abandoned ..."
3. Studies in English Official Historical Documents by Hubert Hall (1908)
"Many ancient and valuable Records continued to be preserved in depart mental
repositories after the passing of the Public Record Office Act of 1838". ..."
4. The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion by Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1902)
"A CLASSIFICATION OF WELSH RECORDS ACCORDING TO THEIR repositories. ... 1 These
repositories have been practically disused since the removal of the Records ..."
5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1849)
"On the Variations of certain Metalliferous repositories in Depth. By M. AMEDEE BURAT.
In a previous memoir,* we have proved the real continuity of mineral ..."
6. Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants: Policies, Strategies and Costs by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2003)
"In order to collect information on those issues. respondents to the questionnaire
were asked if repositories for all radioactive waste types arising for ..."
7. The Confirmation of Executors in Scotland, According to the Practice in the by James Geddes Currie (1884)
"[To be signed by the Petitioner or his Law Agent, who shall a</d his address.]
68.—PETITION FOR WARRANT TO EXAMINE repositories AND SECURE EFFECTS. ..."
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