Hypertext Webster Gateway: "treasury"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Treasury
(Matt. 27:6; Mark 12:41; John 8:20). It does not appear that
there was a separate building so called. The name was given to
the thirteen brazen chests, called "trumpets," from the form of
the opening into which the offerings of the temple worshippers
were put. These stood in the outer "court of the women." "Nine
chests were for the appointed money-tribute and for the
sacrifice-tribute, i.e., money-gifts instead of the sacrifices;
four chests for freewill-offerings for wood, incense, temple
decoration, and burnt-offerings" (Lightfoot's Hor. Heb.).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Treasury \Treas"ur*y\, n.; pl. {Treasuries}. [OE. tresorie, F.
tr['e]sorerie.]
1. A place or building in which stores of wealth are
deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are
deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray
the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of
deposit and disbursement of any collected funds.

2. That department of a government which has charge of the
finances.

3. A repository of abundance; a storehouse.

4. Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge,
wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, `` Maunder's
Treasury of Botany.''

5. A treasure. [Obs.] --Marston.

{Board of treasury}, the board to which is intrusted the
management of all matters relating to the sovereign's
civil list or other revenues. [Eng.] --Brande & C.

{Treasury bench}, the first row of seats on the right hand of
the Speaker in the House of Commons; -- so called because
occupied by the first lord of the treasury and chief
minister of the crown. [Eng.]

{Treasury lord}. See {Lord high treasurer of England}, under
{Treasurer}. [Eng.]

{Treasury note} (U. S. Finance), a circulating note or bill
issued by government authority from the Treasury
Department, and receivable in payment of dues to the
government.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

treasury
n 1: the funds of a government or institution or individual [syn:
{exchequer}]
2: the government department responsible for collecting and
managing and spending public revenues
3: the British cabinet minister responsible for economic
strategy [syn: {Treasury}, {First Lord of the Treasury}]
4: the federal department that collects revenue and administers
federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in
1789 [syn: {Department of the Treasury}, {Treasury
Department}, {Treasury}]
5: a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious
objects can be kept safely


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