treasury

treas·ur·y   (trězh'ə-rē)    n.   pl. treas·ur·ies A place in which treasure is kept. A place in which private or public funds are received, kept, managed, and disbursed. Such funds or revenues. The department of a government in charge of the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue. A security, such as a note, issued by the U.S. Treasury. A collection of literary or artistic treasures: a treasury of English verse. Treasury The department of a government in charge of the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue. A security, such as a note, issued by the U.S. Treasury. [Middle English tresorie, from Old French, from tresor, treasure; see treasure.]

treasury 

Main Entry: trea·sury
Pronunciation: 'tre-zh&-rE, 'trA-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -sur·ies
1 a : a place in which stores of wealth are kept b : the place of deposit and disbursement of collected funds; especially : one where public revenues are deposited, kept, and disbursed c : funds kept in such a depository
2 cap a : a governmental department in charge of finances and esp. the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenues b : the building in which the business of such a governmental department is transacted
3 cap : a government security (as a note or bill) issued by the Treasury

Treasury

(Matt. 27:6; Mark 12:41; John 8:20). It does not appear that there was a separate building so called. The name was given to the thirteen brazen chests, called "trumpets," from the form of the opening into which the offerings of the temple worshippers were put. These stood in the outer "court of the women." "Nine chests were for the appointed money-tribute and for the sacrifice-tribute, i.e., money-gifts instead of the sacrifices; four chests for freewill-offerings for wood, incense, temple decoration, and burnt-offerings" (Lightfoot's Hor. Heb.).