conditory

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noun

A repository for holding things; a hiding place or relicary.

OriginLatin conditorium ← German Konditorei →
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Meanings

nounconditory (plural conditories)

plural conditories

  1. archaicA repository for holding things; a hiding place or relicary.
  2. archaicA cake shop

Origin

  1. GermanKonditorei
  2. Latinconditorium
  3. Englishconditory

From Latin conditorium, from condere (“to hide”). See recondite and reconditory. The cake shop is from German Konditorei

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Chicago

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