Crossword clues for repertory
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Repertory \Rep"er*to*ry\ (r?p"?r-t?-r?), n. [L. repertorium, fr. reperire to find again; pref. re- re + parire, parere, to bring forth, procure: cf. F. r['e]pertoire. Cf. Parent.]
A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.
A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.
Same as R['e]pertoire.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, "an index, list, catalogue," from Late Latin repertorium "inventory, list," from Latin repertus, past participle of reperire "to find, get, invent," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + parire, archaic form of paerere "produce, bring forth," from PIE root *per- "attempt" (see parent (n.)). Meaning "list of performances" is first recorded 1845, from Anglicized use of repertoire; repertory theater is attested from 1896. Related: Repertorial.
Wiktionary
n. 1 a repertoire 2 a collection of things, or a place where such a collection is kept 3 a specific set of works that a company performs 4 a theater in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation. 5 a repertory company.
WordNet
n. a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters" [syn: repertoire]
Wikipedia
Repertory may refer to more than one subject:
- Repertory theatre, a form of Western theatre in which the same company of players rehearse and perform a sequence of plays in relatively rapid succession, so that each play is performed for a week or more
- Homeopathic repertory, an index of symptoms and suggested remedies in homeopathy
- The " New-England Repertory", later known as the "New England Repertory" and "The Repertory & General Advertiser", a Massachusetts newspaper published from 1803 through 1820
Usage examples of "repertory".
Lloyd George at different music halls, or impersonating old men with beards in repertory plays.
In these and a hundred other masterpieces of painting the pictorial whole embraces and unifies a repertory of forms much more numerous, varied, strange and interesting than those which come together in the wholes organized by even the most gifted craftsmen.
Each succeeding season saw further additions to the Shakespearean repertory, until only six Shakespearean dramas were left unrepresented, viz.
Almost every play of Shakespeare is in the repertory of the chief acting companies on the German municipal stage.
Jefferson has had the character of Pangloss in his repertory for almost forty years.
His repertory consisted of thirty characters, but probably the most imposing and affecting of his embodiments was Virginius.
Winter is dedicated mainly to love and wine, to flowers and birds and dreams, to the hackneyed and never-to-be-exhausted repertory of the old singers.
You will need a letter of introduction and the address of the repertory company in Aberdeen, and I had better, perhaps, provide for your expenses now.
A theatrical troupe from Earth was offered its own settlement and a subsidy and was meant to tour the other colonies with a repertory of ancient and modern drama.
Russian repertory, from Glinka to Rimsky-Korsakov, were derived from Lvov-Prach.
The food of seventeenth-century Muscovy had been plain and simple - the entire repertory consisting of fish, boiled meats and domestic fowl, pancakes, bread and pies, garlic, onion, cucumbers and radishes, cabbages and beetroot.
Owen and Ginny had founded the Bharentous Repertory Company in order to give themselves room to experiment with the theater they loved.
If only they knew what an honor it had been for Diana to be accepted into the Bharentous Repertory Company, or how many actors she had beaten out for the place.
They passed the Bharentous Repertory Company, and then the wagons of the Veselov tribe.
Our moment is stamped by an unprecedented concern with dieting, exercising, muscle building, cosmetic surgery, and an ever-growing repertory of body-altering devices and aids.