Definition of treasury

• n. - A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds.
• n. - That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
• n. - A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
• n. - Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."
• n. - A treasure.