Definition of Repertory

1. Noun. A storehouse where a stock of things is kept.


2. Noun. The entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation. "Has a large repertory of dialects and characters"
Exact synonyms: Repertoire
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection

3. Noun. A collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule.
Exact synonyms: Repertoire
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection

Definition of Repertory

1. n. 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.

Definition of Repertory

1. Noun. a repertoire ¹

2. Noun. a collection of things, or a place where such a collection is kept ¹

3. Noun. a specific set of works that a company performs ¹

4. Noun. a theater in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation. ¹

5. Noun. a repertory company. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Repertory

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Repertory

reperformed
reperforming
reperforms
reperfusion
reperfusion injury
reperfusions
reperk
reperked
reperking
reperks
repertitious
repertoire
repertoires
repertorial
repertories
repertory (current term)
repertory company
reperusal
reperusals
reperuse
reperused
reperuses
reperusing
repetency
repetend
repetends
repetetive
repetiteur
repetiteurs
repetitio

Literary usage of Repertory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Analytical Index, to the Series of Records Known as the Remembrancia by Corporation of London (England), Corporation of London (1878)
"repertory 103, fol. 1698. WILLIAM BELLAMY, of the Inner Temple, Gentleman, ... repertory 148, page 12. 1743. WILLIAM HAMILTON admitted and sworn ..."

2. A National Theatre, Scheme & Estimates by William Archer, Harley Granville-Barker (1907)
"As for the other elements in the repertory, we believe that their proportions are pretty fairly adjusted; though the space given to non-Shakespearean ..."

3. Analytical Index, to the Series of Records Known as the Remembrancia by Corporation of London (England), H. C. Overall, Corporation of London (1878)
"repertory 47, fol. 356. • Discharged of his place by the Court of Common ... repertory 59, fol. 82. 1557. JOHN HIND, Citizen and Draper, admitted and sworn, ..."

4. The History of the Worshipful Company of the Drapers of London: Preceded by by Arthur Henry Johnson (1914)
"153 From the year 1553 when repertory j ends, repertory B is accompanied by another repertory or Journal which runs to February 1555. ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1800)
"The repertory of Arts and Manufactures, consisting qf original Communications, Specifications of Patent Inventions, and Selections of useful practical ..."

6. The Civic Theatre in Relation to the Redemption of Leisure: A Book of by Percy MacKaye (1912)
"A NATIONAL repertory Such a repertory would naturally become the common property of all distributed civic theatres, much as the works of the best earlier ..."

7. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"—The repertory, Boston, Oct. 10. [1806 Similarly " ORLEANS " for NEW ORLEANS.—The repertory, July 18, has " the territory of Orleans," " the Orleans ..."

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