Chiefly Sc. Obs. [ad. med.L. thēsauria ‘locus ubi thesaurus reconditur, gazophylacium’ (Du Cange), f. THESAUR-US + -ia: see -Y.] The treasury; the treasurership.
a. 1639. Spottiswood, Hist. Ch. Scot., VII. (1677), 517. His Uncle … was made Deputy in the Office of Thesaury.
1688. Addr. Sc. Privy C., in Lond. Gaz., No. 2388/2. They … have got Pay for the Month of October instant out of Your Majesties Thesaury.
1708. [see THESAURER].
