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rep·er·tory (rep′ər tôr′ē, rep′ə-)
noun pl. repertories -·ries
- a repository for useful things; storehouse
- the things stored; stock; collection
- repertoire
- the system of producing and presenting plays, operas, etc. engaged in by repertory theaters
Etymology: LL repertorium, an inventory < L repertus, pp. of reperire, to find out, discover < re-, again + parere, to produce, invent, bear: see -parous
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