Rom. Antiq. [ad. L. tabulārium a record-office, archives, f. tabula table, tablet: see -ARIUM.] A place where the public records were kept in ancient Rome; hence, in other places.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Tabulary, a chest or place wherein Registers, or Evidences are kept in a City; the Chancery or Exchequer office.
1835–8. S. R. Maitland, Dark Ages, xii. (1844), 196. The charter cited … from the tabulary of the monastery of St. Maur.
1868. in W. Smith, Dict. Grk. & Rom. Antiq.
