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repository

 noun
     
re‧pos‧i‧to‧ry plural repositories [countable] formal
1 a place or container in which large quantities of something are stored [= store]
repository of/for
a fire-proof repository for government papers
2 a person or book that has a lot of information
repository of/for
Bob is a repository of football statistics.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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