repertory
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ərˌtɔr noun, plural rep·er·to·ries.
1.
a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
2.
a theatrical company that presents productions in this manner.
3.
4.
a store or stock of things available.
5.
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| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | the entire stock of things available in a field or of a kind; repertoire |
| 2. | a building or place where a stock of things is kept; repository |
| 3. | short for repertory company |
| [C16: from Late Latin repertōrium storehouse, from Latin reperīre to obtain, from | |
| reper'torial | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
repertory
1552, "index, list, catalogue," from L.L. repertorium "inventory, list," from L. repertus, pp. of reperire "to find, get, invent," from re-, intensive prefix, + parire, archaic form of paerere "produce, bring forth," from PIE base *per- "attempt" (see parent). Meaning "list
of performances" is first recorded 1845; repertory theater is attested from 1896.
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Example sentences
In the past decade or so, however, his music has started edging into the repertory.
Yet paradoxically it has never had a place in the musical repertory, that is, in any performance tradition.
But that's what the company started with, and an old repertory is presumably the best showcase for an old style.
Meanwhile, the old repertory remained unchanged in the theatres.
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