armory

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Because the armory is a government building, two courses of action can be taken for renaming the structure.

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  1. noun A storehouse for arms; an arsenal.
  2. noun A building for storing arms and military equipment, especially one serving as headquarters for military reserve personnel.
  3. noun An arms factory.

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  • Because the armory is a government building, two courses of action can be taken for renaming the structure. —  seMissourian.com Headlines
  • In order to get into a high tech weapons armory, they need someone to complete an old VR training program. —  PC World
  • "The district chief said when he pulled out of the station you couldn't see the armory, there was so much smoke," Kruger said. —  SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines
  • The armory was the base for 220 National Guard soldiers and the home of the 1st Battalion of the 101st Field Artillery. —  SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines
  • In June of that year, the auction of the armory was indefinitely postponed to give the city time to determine its best future use. —  SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines
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  1. In England usually spelled armoury; early modern English armory, armoury, armery, sometimes armary, from Middle English armorye, armerie, armurie, from armure, armor (see armor and -y), but practically equivalent to and later often written as if arm + -ery, a place for arms, arms collectively: see arm and -ery. Cf. Old French armeurerie, armoirie, modern F. armurerie, an armory, arsenal. The word has been confused to some extent with armory.
  2. In England usually spelled armoury; early modern English armory, armoury, armery, from late Middle English armorye, armoirie, from Old French armoirie, armoierie, in plural armoiries, arms, cognizances, scutcheons, from armoier, armoyer, armoicor, armoirer, one who blazons arms, from armoier, armoyer (modern F. armorier = Italian armeggiare), blazon arms, from armes, arms: see arm. Cf. armory.
  3. After armory and F. armoire (see armoire), ult. from Latin armarium, whence indirectly ambry and directly armary: see ambry and armary, and cf. armory.
 

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