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Treasure-house

Treasure-house \Treas"ure-house`\, n. A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.

Usage examples of "treasure-house".

And in requital of these tokens from the treasure-house of thy bounty, behold we have sent thee a Nubian slave, named Zohauk, of whom judge not by his complexion, according to the foolish ones of the earth, in respect the dark-rinded fruit hath the most exquisite flavour.

He would suggest one or two, giving his reasons, perhaps bringing in an Indian with news of a gold mine on the Main, or of a treasure-house that might be sacked, or of a plate ship about to sail eastward.

In other systems of magic, often referred to as the Akashic Record or the treasure-house of images.

Of all those that have survived to the present day the treasure-house at Atreus is the most venerable.

On May 30th the victorious troops camped outside the city while Botha retired with his army, abandoning without a battle the treasure-house of his country.

I expressed surprise at this, for besides the great treasure-house of valuables here there was also food and drink in an abundance I think no Charlestonian has seen since the beginning of the siege.

The General was listening to a brigadier who was assuring him that the Yankees had tons of ammunition, a treasure-house of equipment, and a cornucopia of food stuffed into the warehouses at Manassas Junction.

Down in his saboteur's treasure-house of a memory, he knew that the catalyst for hydrogen peroxide was manganese dioxide.