treasure vault

A vault, cellar, or similar place, where treasure, stores, ., are kept. "To Rokeby treasure - vaults!" trěas'-ûre (sas zh), v. t. [TREASURE, 8.] 1. To hoard up; to lay up in store; to collect and hoard, as money or other precious things or valuables, either for future use or for the sake of preserving them from harm or damage; to accumulate. (Generally followed by up.) "Yet, faith if I must needs afford To spectre watching treasured hoard." Scott: Rokeby, iii. 19. 2. To retain carefully in the mind or heart. "That not a dram, nor a dose, nor a scruple of this precious love of yours is lost, but is safely treasur'd in my breast." -Howell : Letters , bk. i., let. 17. 3. To regard as very precious; to prize. *4. To enrich; to make precious. "Treasure thou some place with beauty's treasure." Shakesp.: Sonnet 6. trěas-ür-er (sas zh), *tres-er-er, *treas-ourer, *threas-ur-er, *threas-or-or, *treas-ur-or, s . [Fr. trésorier ; Sp. tesorero ; Port. thesoureiro ; Ital. tesoriere.] One who has charge of a treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes, duties, and other governmental treasurership sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders drawn by the proper authority; one who has the charge of collected funds, such as those belonging to incorporated companies or private societies. "And bad vnto his treasourers, That the i his treasour all about Departe amonge the poore route." Gower: C. A. , ii. 1. Treasurer of the Household : An official in the lord-steward's department of the royal household of Great Britain and Ireland, who bears a white staff, and ranks next to the lord-steward, in whose absence he is empowered to act for him. The Treasurer of the Household is always a member of the Privy Council, and his tenure of office is dependent on that of the ministry. 2. Treasurer of a County : An official who takes charge of county funds. treas-ür-er-ship (sas zh), *treas-ur-or-ship, 8. [Eng. treasurer; -ship.) The office or dignity of a treasurer. "Thomas Branding ham, bishop of Exeter and lord treasuror, was discharged of his office of treasurorship." -Holinshed: Chronycle: Rich . II . (an. 1881). *trěaş'-ür-e (s as zh), *treas-our-e e, s. [Eng. treasur (er); -e .] A female who has charge of a treasure. "You, Lady Muse, whom Jove the counsellor Begot of Memory, wisdom's treasure ." Davies: Immort. of the Soul. *trěaş'-ür-oŭs, adj . [English treasur (e); -ous.] Worthy to be cherished and prized; of great value. "Godde full of grace, And treasurous angel to all the human race." Chapman: Homer; Hymn to Earth.