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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tresorie, from Anglo-French, from tresor [[treasure]]

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tresorie, from Anglo-French, from tresor [[treasure]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : a place in which stores of [[wealth]] are kept  

*1a : a place in which stores of [[wealth]] are kept  

5: a repository for treasures <a treasury of [[poems]]>  

5: a repository for treasures <a treasury of [[poems]]>  

==Description==

==Description==

A '''treasury''' is any place where the [[currency]] or items of high monetary [[value]] (gold, diamonds, etc.) are kept. The term was first used in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity Classical] times to describe the votive buildings erected to house [[Sacrifice|gifts to the gods]], such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphnian_Treasury Siphnian Treasury] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi Delphi] or many similar buildings erected in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Greece Olympia, Greece] by competing city-states to impress others during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games ancient Olympic Games]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece] treasuries were almost always physically incorporated within [[religious]] buildings such as [[temples]], thus making state funds sacrosanct and adding [[moral]] constraints to the penal ones to those who would have access to these funds.

A '''treasury''' is any place where the [[currency]] or items of high monetary [[value]] (gold, diamonds, etc.) are kept. The term was first used in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity Classical] times to describe the votive buildings erected to house [[Sacrifice|gifts to the gods]], such as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphnian_Treasury Siphnian Treasury] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi Delphi] or many similar buildings erected in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Greece Olympia, Greece] by competing city-states to impress others during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games ancient Olympic Games]. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece] treasuries were almost always physically incorporated within [[religious]] buildings such as [[temples]], thus making state funds sacrosanct and adding [[moral]] constraints to the penal ones to those who would have access to these funds.

The head of a treasury is typically known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer treasurer]. This position may not necessarily have the final [[control]] over the [[actions]] of the treasury, particularly if they are not an elected [[representative]].

The head of a treasury is typically known as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer treasurer]. This position may not necessarily have the final [[control]] over the [[actions]] of the treasury, particularly if they are not an elected [[representative]].

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]