repository Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
    depository; deposit; depositary.
  2. noun a person to whom a secret is entrusted
    secretary.
  3. noun a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
    monument.

WordNet

Re*pos"i*to*ry noun
Etymology
L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.
Definitions
  1. A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke.

Webster 1913