De*pos"i*ta*ry (?), n.; pl. Depositaries (#). [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit.]
1.
One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.
I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries.
Shak.
The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people.J.S.
Mill.
2.
A storehouse; a depository.
Bp. Hurd.
3. Law
One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense.
Kent.
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