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In literature, the term repository is employed in diverse ways to evoke the notion of a container or storehouse—whether of physical objects, intangible virtues, or accumulated wisdom. At times it denotes a literal place for safeguarding items, as seen when annotating a museum of arts or even a cellar for drinks [1][2][3]. At other times it takes on a metaphorical role, embodying the keeper of loyalty and patriotism [4] or the repository of historical narratives and secrets [5][6]. The word also carries religious and philosophical connotations, suggesting a sacred custodian of divine revelation [7] or a symbol of imperishable values [8]. Thus, its varied usage richly contributes to the imagery and thematic layering of literary texts.
  1. LONDON: PRINTED FOR R. ACKERMANN, REPOSITORY OF ARTS, 101, STRAND.
    — from Healthful Sports for Young Ladies by Mademoiselle St. Sernin
  2. Of the Cellar or Repository for keeping Beers and Ales .
    — from The London and Country Brewer by Anonymous
  3. The Horticultural Repository, containing Delineations of the best Varieties of the Different Species of English Fruits.
    — from The Cherries of New York by U. P. Hedrick
  4. He is the repository of Loyalty and Patriotism.
    — from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe
  5. I found a tremendous blank, in the place of that smiling repository of my confidence.
    — from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  6. Thou art the repository of all histories and discourses.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
  7. Nay, by Him Whom God hath made to be the Repository of His Revelation, if thou be of them that comprehend.
    — from Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
  8. "To love both the invisible God, Repository of All Virtues, and visible man, apparently possessed of none, is often baffling!
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

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