treasury
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Displaced native Old English māþmhūs.
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[edit]treasury (plural treasuries)
- A place where treasure is stored safely.
- A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.
- (government) Ellipsis of treasury department.
- A collection of artistic or literary works.
- (obsolete) A treasure.
- 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], “Totum in Toto”, in The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC, page 56:
- Now since he hath the grace, thus gracelesse be / His neighbors sweare he'le swell with treasurie.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]place where treasure is stored safely
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place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
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government department — see treasury department
collection of artistic or literary works
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “treasury”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “treasury”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “treasury”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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