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Store-house


STORE-HOUSE, noun [store and house.]

1. A building for keeping grain or goods of any kind; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.

Joseph opened all the store-houses and sold to the Egyptians. Genesis 41:1.

2. A repository.

The Scripture of God is a store-house abounding with inestimable treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

3. A great mass reposited. [Not in use.]