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Dictionary

dep•o•si•tion

Pronunciation: (dep"u-zish'un, dē"pu-), [key]
—n.
1. removal from an office or position.
2. the act or process of depositing: deposition of the documents with the Library of Congress.
3. the state of being deposited or precipitated: deposition of soil at the mouth of a river.
4. something that is deposited.
5. Law.
a. the giving of testimony under oath.
b. the testimony so given.
c. a statement under oath, taken down in writing, to be used in court in place of the spoken testimony of the witness.
6. Eccles.
a. the interment of the body of a saint.
b. the reinterment of the body or the relics of a saint.
7. (cap.) a work of art depicting Christ being lowered from the Cross.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

depositary

deposit money

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