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treasury
English
Etymology
From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Latin th?saurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (th?saurós, “treasure house”). Compare French trésorerie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?????i/
Noun
treasury (plural treasuries)
- A place where treasure is stored safely.
- A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.
- Abbreviation of treasury department.
- A collection of artistic or literary works.
- (obsolete) A treasure.
- 1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie
- His neighbours swear he'll swell with treasury
- 1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie
Derived terms
Related terms
- thesaurus
- treasure
- treasurer
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ?????? (tijor?)
- ? Marathi: ?????? (tijor?)
Translations
Further reading
- treasury in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- treasury in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- treasury at OneLook Dictionary Search
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corban
English
Alternative forms
- korban
- qorban
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (korbân), from Hebrew ????? \ ????????? (korbán, “offering, sacrifice”). Found in the Bible at Mark 7.11. Doublet of Qurbana.
Noun
corban (plural corbans or corbanot or corbanoth)
- An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
- 1901, The Bible, American Standard Version, 7:11
- but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];
- 1901, The Bible, American Standard Version, 7:11
- An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
Usage notes
- In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word is usually translated oblation, as in Numbers xviii. 9, xxxi. 50.
- The traditionists laid down that a man might interdict himself by vow, not only from using for himself, but from giving to another, or receiving from him, some particular object, whether of food or any other kind. A person might thus exempt himself from assisting parents in distress, under plea of corban.
Translations
Anagrams
- Branco, Carbon, bancor, barcon, carbon
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (korbân), from Hebrew ????????? (qorb?n, “offering, sacrifice”).
Noun
corb?n m (indeclinable)
- gift, votive offering
References
- corban in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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