Obs. Also 7 auctuarie. [ad. L. auctārium, f. auct-: see prec. and -ARIUM.] An addition or augmentation; something superadded.
1580–1646. in T. Craufurd, Univ. Edin., 137 (Jam.). An large auctary to the library.
1621. Molle, Camerar. Liv. Libr., Pref. In this Volume comprehended, with a large Auctuarie.
1653. Baxter, Saint’s R., I. vi. (1662), 63. God gives us outward things, as auctaries, as overplus, or above measure.
