† ˈthesaury Chiefly Sc. Obs.
[ad. med.L. thēsauria ‘locus ubi thesaurus reconditur, gazophylacium’ (Du Cange), f. thesaur-us + -ia: see -y.]
The treasury; the treasurership.
| a 1639 Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vii. (1677) 517 His Uncle..was made Deputy in the Office of Thesaury. 1688 Addr. Sc. Privy C. in Lond. Gaz. No. 2388/2 They..have got Pay for the Month of October instant out of Your Majesties Thesaury. 1708 [see thesaurer]. |