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Storehouse   /stˈɔrhˌaʊs/   Listen
noun
Storehouse  n.  
1.
A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse. "Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto Egyptians." "The Scripture of God is a storehouse abounding with estimable treasures of wisdom and knowledge."
2.
A mass or quality laid up. (Obs.)






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"Storehouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be ...
— The Choctaw Freedmen - and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy • Robert Elliott Flickinger

... railway was torn up, the telegraph line cut, and an urgent message to Banks for reinforcements was intercepted. The two companies of Pennsylvania infantry, on picket near the station, occupied a log storehouse and the embankment. Dismounting his command, Ashby, after a fierce fight, in which two of his best officers were killed, stormed the building and drove out the garrison. Two locomotives were standing on the rails with steam up, and by this means the ...
— Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War • G. F. R. Henderson

... depending upon any but the wisdom in ourselves, for searching the meanings of any Scripture. Whatever is true, we shall understand and hold as infallible. That we have a rich storehouse of precious gems, even the most adverse thinkers admit, and above all else we should search for them, prize them, and use them. Study the Bible for the sake of its wonderful and sacred truth, catch the inspiration of its writers, and you will soon discriminate the inspired ...
— The Right Knock - A Story • Helen Van-Anderson

... thought of paradise may be the echo of those far away days. When, however, mankind began to people the earth, necessity drove them to assist nature and thus "WORK" was created. For a long period this work was infinitesimal, and many races could still live from nature's storehouse. Their wants were few, so that the thought of exploiting nature for the benefit of improved conditions, never entered their heads. For forty years, Moses traversed the desert with the people of Israel, searching ...
— Bremen Cotton Exchange - 1872/1922 • Andreas Wilhelm Cramer

... some appointments to announce, said the lieutenant, facing the company and taking on an easy conversational tone. "At rest!... You've done good work in the storehouse here, men. I'm glad I have such a willing bunch of men under me. And I certainly hope that we can manage to make as many promotions ...
— Three Soldiers • John Dos Passos


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