diff --git a/dbms/src/Common/ErrorCodes.cpp b/dbms/src/Common/ErrorCodes.cpp
index 05d7438a8d169c173649ae34bebbea89e4cbe91a..ce3243862801ccbd7b635c76a6f55266adfcf831 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Common/ErrorCodes.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Common/ErrorCodes.cpp
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
     extern const int NOT_ENOUGH_PRIVILEGES = 497;
     extern const int LIMIT_BY_WITH_TIES_IS_NOT_SUPPORTED = 498;
     extern const int S3_ERROR = 499;
+    extern const int CANNOT_CREATE_DICTIONARY_FROM_METADATA = 500;
 
     extern const int KEEPER_EXCEPTION = 999;
     extern const int POCO_EXCEPTION = 1000;
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseDictionary.cpp b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseDictionary.cpp
index 52dde4efe9bb0792b526dfd9611a6a5619d0542c..d39ed5ec1932b7c00b22f7e61382a94cd5c29b41 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseDictionary.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseDictionary.cpp
@@ -102,13 +102,12 @@ void DatabaseDictionary::removeDictionary(
 }
 
 void DatabaseDictionary::attachDictionary(
-    const String & /*dictionary_name*/, const Context & /*context*/, bool /*reload*/)
+    const String & /*dictionary_name*/, const Context & /*context*/)
 {
     throw Exception("Dictionary engine doesn't support dictionaries.", ErrorCodes::UNSUPPORTED_METHOD);
 }
 
-void DatabaseDictionary::detachDictionary(
-    const String & /*dictionary_name*/, const Context & /*context*/, bool /*reload*/)
+void DatabaseDictionary::detachDictionary(const String & /*dictionary_name*/, const Context & /*context*/)
 {
     throw Exception("Dictionary engine doesn't support dictionaries.", ErrorCodes::UNSUPPORTED_METHOD);
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseDictionary.h b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseDictionary.h
index 9e88b50a68ef08c68e559ac86e87599aea23fa3d..64acdad8645092484d5b6ef0fc4c5510898dd815 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseDictionary.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseDictionary.h
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ public:
     ASTPtr tryGetCreateDictionaryQuery(const Context & context, const String & table_name) const override;
 
 
-    void attachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context, bool reload) override;
+    void attachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context) override;
 
-    void detachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context, bool reload) override;
+    void detachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context) override;
 
     void shutdown() override;
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseLazy.cpp b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseLazy.cpp
index b232bf49392c4c7dd2ee23d82ab95efe390c687f..68f2b4e0e22aa9550c3d9925dc5eb40610d6371d 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseLazy.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseLazy.cpp
@@ -123,13 +123,12 @@ DatabaseDictionariesIteratorPtr DatabaseLazy::getDictionariesIterator(
 
 void DatabaseLazy::attachDictionary(
     const String & /*dictionary_name*/,
-    const Context & /*context*/,
-    bool /*load*/)
+    const Context & /*context*/)
 {
     throw Exception("Lazy engine can be used only with *Log tables.", ErrorCodes::UNSUPPORTED_METHOD);
 }
 
-void DatabaseLazy::detachDictionary(const String & /*dictionary_name*/, const Context & /*context*/, bool /*reload*/)
+void DatabaseLazy::detachDictionary(const String & /*dictionary_name*/, const Context & /*context*/)
 {
     throw Exception("Lazy engine can be used only with *Log tables.", ErrorCodes::UNSUPPORTED_METHOD);
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseLazy.h b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseLazy.h
index c268f58945c9dabb1d69590b76a090cc2d243370..75f130ff4c5c79deb4386652ae633b4076fb1bd7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseLazy.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseLazy.h
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ public:
 
     StoragePtr detachTable(const String & table_name) override;
 
-    void attachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context, bool reload) override;
+    void attachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context) override;
 
-    void detachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context, bool reload) override;
+    void detachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context) override;
 
     void shutdown() override;
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMemory.cpp b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMemory.cpp
index 0badc9b4df436727e4ddd701da69c16e75f62252..7d7f101a88cbe0fa63a255fbc9d05143c6b711f7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMemory.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMemory.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void DatabaseMemory::createTable(
 }
 
 
-void DatabaseMemory::attachDictionary(const String & /*name*/, const Context & /*context*/, bool /*reload*/)
+void DatabaseMemory::attachDictionary(const String & /*name*/, const Context & /*context*/)
 {
     throw Exception("There is no ATTACH DICTIONARY query for DatabaseMemory", ErrorCodes::UNSUPPORTED_METHOD);
 }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void DatabaseMemory::removeTable(
 }
 
 
-void DatabaseMemory::detachDictionary(const String & /*name*/, const Context & /*context*/, bool /*reload*/)
+void DatabaseMemory::detachDictionary(const String & /*name*/, const Context & /*context*/)
 {
     throw Exception("There is no DETACH DICTIONARY query for DatabaseMemory", ErrorCodes::UNSUPPORTED_METHOD);
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMemory.h b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMemory.h
index 45f51a177f7cfa8ac3aef625cbea46bc416654f9..40f54c793e688a997f580a58187496da6a58b7c7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMemory.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMemory.h
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ public:
 
     void attachDictionary(
         const String & name,
-        const Context & context,
-        bool reload) override;
+        const Context & context) override;
 
     void removeTable(
         const Context & context,
@@ -53,8 +52,7 @@ public:
 
     void detachDictionary(
         const String & name,
-        const Context & context,
-        bool reload) override;
+        const Context & context) override;
 
     time_t getObjectMetadataModificationTime(const Context & context, const String & table_name) override;
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMySQL.h b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMySQL.h
index 3ca8722b24888addb5ad3b2a564196662a17678f..17c056e8dacea8396efad081c33d3d00f6016fc4 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMySQL.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseMySQL.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
         throw Exception("MySQL database engine does not support detach table.", ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
     }
 
-    void detachDictionary(const String &, const Context &, bool) override
+    void detachDictionary(const String &, const Context &) override
     {
         throw Exception("MySQL database engine does not support detach dictionary.", ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
     }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public:
         throw Exception("MySQL database engine does not support attach table.", ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
     }
 
-    void attachDictionary(const String &, const Context &, bool) override
+    void attachDictionary(const String &, const Context &) override
     {
         throw Exception("MySQL database engine does not support attach dictionary.", ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
     }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseOnDisk.cpp b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseOnDisk.cpp
index 03119743a86bc2e1885efa48f0a6dc0cef89a124..52bccc471ef85249bd1cfccc709a58bd8f8f9532 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseOnDisk.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseOnDisk.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <Interpreters/Context.h>
 #include <Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.h>
 #include <Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.h>
+#include <Interpreters/ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository.h>
 #include <Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTCreateQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/ParserCreateQuery.h>
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <Common/escapeForFileName.h>
 
 #include <common/logger_useful.h>
+#include <ext/scope_guard.h>
 #include <Poco/DirectoryIterator.h>
 
 
@@ -267,9 +269,11 @@ void DatabaseOnDisk::createDictionary(
 {
     const auto & settings = context.getSettingsRef();
 
-    /** The code is based on the assumption that all threads share the same order of operations
-      * - creating the .sql.tmp file;
-      * - adding a dictionary to `dictionaries`;
+    /** The code is based on the assumption that all threads share the same order of operations:
+      * - create the .sql.tmp file;
+      * - add the dictionary to ExternalDictionariesLoader;
+      * - load the dictionary in case dictionaries_lazy_load == false;
+      * - attach the dictionary;
       * - rename .sql.tmp to .sql.
       */
 
@@ -278,17 +282,20 @@ void DatabaseOnDisk::createDictionary(
     if (database.isDictionaryExist(context, dictionary_name))
         throw Exception("Dictionary " + backQuote(database.getDatabaseName()) + "." + backQuote(dictionary_name) + " already exists.", ErrorCodes::DICTIONARY_ALREADY_EXISTS);
 
+    /// A dictionary with the same full name could be defined in *.xml config files.
+    String full_name = database.getDatabaseName() + "." + dictionary_name;
+    auto & external_loader = const_cast<ExternalDictionariesLoader &>(context.getExternalDictionariesLoader());
+    if (external_loader.getCurrentStatus(full_name) != ExternalLoader::Status::NOT_EXIST)
+        throw Exception("Dictionary " + backQuote(full_name) + " already exists.", ErrorCodes::DICTIONARY_ALREADY_EXISTS);
+
     if (database.isTableExist(context, dictionary_name))
         throw Exception("Table " + backQuote(database.getDatabaseName()) + "." + backQuote(dictionary_name) + " already exists.", ErrorCodes::TABLE_ALREADY_EXISTS);
 
-
     String dictionary_metadata_path = database.getObjectMetadataPath(dictionary_name);
     String dictionary_metadata_tmp_path = dictionary_metadata_path + ".tmp";
-    String statement;
+    String statement = getObjectDefinitionFromCreateQuery(query);
 
     {
-        statement = getObjectDefinitionFromCreateQuery(query);
-
         /// Exclusive flags guarantees, that table is not created right now in another thread. Otherwise, exception will be thrown.
         WriteBufferFromFile out(dictionary_metadata_tmp_path, statement.size(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL);
         writeString(statement, out);
@@ -298,27 +305,48 @@ void DatabaseOnDisk::createDictionary(
         out.close();
     }
 
-    try
+    bool succeeded = false;
+    SCOPE_EXIT({
+        if (!succeeded)
+            Poco::File(dictionary_metadata_tmp_path).remove();
+    });
+
+    /// Add a temporary repository containing the dictionary.
+    /// We need this temp repository to try loading the dictionary before actually attaching it to the database.
+    static std::atomic<size_t> counter = 0;
+    String temp_repository_name = String(IExternalLoaderConfigRepository::INTERNAL_REPOSITORY_NAME_PREFIX) + " creating " + full_name + " "
+        + std::to_string(++counter);
+    external_loader.addConfigRepository(
+        temp_repository_name,
+        std::make_unique<ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository>(
+            std::vector{std::pair{dictionary_metadata_tmp_path,
+                                  getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST(query->as<const ASTCreateQuery &>(), database.getDatabaseName())}}));
+    SCOPE_EXIT({ external_loader.removeConfigRepository(temp_repository_name); });
+
+    bool lazy_load = context.getConfigRef().getBool("dictionaries_lazy_load", true);
+    if (!lazy_load)
     {
-        /// Do not load it now because we want more strict loading
-        database.attachDictionary(dictionary_name, context, false);
-        /// Load dictionary
-        bool lazy_load = context.getConfigRef().getBool("dictionaries_lazy_load", true);
-        String dict_name = database.getDatabaseName() + "." + dictionary_name;
-        context.getExternalDictionariesLoader().addDictionaryWithConfig(
-            dict_name, database.getDatabaseName(), query->as<const ASTCreateQuery &>(), !lazy_load);
-
-        /// If it was ATTACH query and file with dictionary metadata already exist
-        /// (so, ATTACH is done after DETACH), then rename atomically replaces old file with new one.
-        Poco::File(dictionary_metadata_tmp_path).renameTo(dictionary_metadata_path);
-
-    }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-        database.detachDictionary(dictionary_name, context);
-        Poco::File(dictionary_metadata_tmp_path).remove();
-        throw;
+        /// loadStrict() is called here to force loading the dictionary, wait until the loading is finished,
+        /// and throw an exception if the loading is failed.
+        external_loader.loadStrict(full_name);
     }
+
+    database.attachDictionary(dictionary_name, context);
+    SCOPE_EXIT({
+        if (!succeeded)
+            database.detachDictionary(dictionary_name, context);
+    });
+
+    /// If it was ATTACH query and file with dictionary metadata already exist
+    /// (so, ATTACH is done after DETACH), then rename atomically replaces old file with new one.
+    Poco::File(dictionary_metadata_tmp_path).renameTo(dictionary_metadata_path);
+
+    /// ExternalDictionariesLoader doesn't know we renamed the metadata path.
+    /// So we have to manually call reloadConfig() here.
+    external_loader.reloadConfig(database.getDatabaseName(), full_name);
+
+    /// Everything's ok.
+    succeeded = true;
 }
 
 
@@ -362,16 +390,18 @@ void DatabaseOnDisk::removeDictionary(
     database.detachDictionary(dictionary_name, context);
 
     String dictionary_metadata_path = database.getObjectMetadataPath(dictionary_name);
-
-    try
-    {
-        Poco::File(dictionary_metadata_path).remove();
-    }
-    catch (...)
+    if (Poco::File(dictionary_metadata_path).exists())
     {
-        /// If remove was not possible for some reason
-        database.attachDictionary(dictionary_name, context);
-        throw;
+        try
+        {
+            Poco::File(dictionary_metadata_path).remove();
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            /// If remove was not possible for some reason
+            database.attachDictionary(dictionary_name, context);
+            throw;
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseOrdinary.cpp b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseOrdinary.cpp
index 57138f8237f0198b6f5cf16649ac2af4aa201427..b4a900399a915f4eae297168ebfd0c4b1d2ce1c1 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseOrdinary.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabaseOrdinary.cpp
@@ -52,52 +52,68 @@ static constexpr size_t PRINT_MESSAGE_EACH_N_OBJECTS = 256;
 static constexpr size_t PRINT_MESSAGE_EACH_N_SECONDS = 5;
 static constexpr size_t METADATA_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE = 32768;
 
-namespace
-{
-
 
-void loadObject(
-    Context & context,
-    const ASTCreateQuery & query,
-    DatabaseOrdinary & database,
-    const String database_data_path,
-    const String & database_name,
-    bool has_force_restore_data_flag)
-try
+namespace
 {
-    if (query.is_dictionary)
+    void tryAttachTable(
+        Context & context,
+        const ASTCreateQuery & query,
+        DatabaseOrdinary & database,
+        const String database_data_path,
+        const String & database_name,
+        bool has_force_restore_data_flag)
     {
-        String dictionary_name = query.table;
-        database.attachDictionary(dictionary_name, context, false);
+        assert(!query.is_dictionary);
+        try
+        {
+            String table_name;
+            StoragePtr table;
+            std::tie(table_name, table)
+                = createTableFromAST(query, database_name, database_data_path, context, has_force_restore_data_flag);
+            database.attachTable(table_name, table);
+        }
+        catch (const Exception & e)
+        {
+            throw Exception(
+                "Cannot attach table '" + query.table + "' from query " + serializeAST(query)
+                    + ". Error: " + DB::getCurrentExceptionMessage(true),
+                e,
+                DB::ErrorCodes::CANNOT_CREATE_TABLE_FROM_METADATA);
+        }
     }
-    else
+
+
+    void tryAttachDictionary(
+        Context & context,
+        const ASTCreateQuery & query,
+        DatabaseOrdinary & database)
     {
-        String table_name;
-        StoragePtr table;
-        std::tie(table_name, table)
-            = createTableFromAST(query, database_name, database_data_path, context, has_force_restore_data_flag);
-        database.attachTable(table_name, table);
+        assert(query.is_dictionary);
+        try
+        {
+            database.attachDictionary(query.table, context);
+        }
+        catch (const Exception & e)
+        {
+            throw Exception(
+                "Cannot create dictionary '" + query.table + "' from query " + serializeAST(query)
+                    + ". Error: " + DB::getCurrentExceptionMessage(true),
+                e,
+                DB::ErrorCodes::CANNOT_CREATE_DICTIONARY_FROM_METADATA);
+        }
     }
-}
-catch (const Exception & e)
-{
-    throw Exception(
-        "Cannot create object '" + query.table + "' from query " + serializeAST(query) + ". Error: " + DB::getCurrentExceptionMessage(true),
-        e, DB::ErrorCodes::CANNOT_CREATE_TABLE_FROM_METADATA);
-}
 
 
-void logAboutProgress(Poco::Logger * log, size_t processed, size_t total, AtomicStopwatch & watch)
-{
-    if (processed % PRINT_MESSAGE_EACH_N_OBJECTS == 0 || watch.compareAndRestart(PRINT_MESSAGE_EACH_N_SECONDS))
+    void logAboutProgress(Poco::Logger * log, size_t processed, size_t total, AtomicStopwatch & watch)
     {
-        LOG_INFO(log, std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << processed * 100.0 / total << "%");
-        watch.restart();
+        if (processed % PRINT_MESSAGE_EACH_N_OBJECTS == 0 || watch.compareAndRestart(PRINT_MESSAGE_EACH_N_SECONDS))
+        {
+            LOG_INFO(log, std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << processed * 100.0 / total << "%");
+            watch.restart();
+        }
     }
 }
 
-}
-
 
 DatabaseOrdinary::DatabaseOrdinary(String name_, const String & metadata_path_, const Context & context)
     : DatabaseWithOwnTablesBase(std::move(name_))
@@ -151,22 +167,20 @@ void DatabaseOrdinary::loadStoredObjects(
     std::atomic<size_t> tables_processed{0};
     std::atomic<size_t> dictionaries_processed{0};
 
-    auto loadOneObject = [&](const ASTCreateQuery & query)
-    {
-        loadObject(context, query, *this, getDataPath(), getDatabaseName(), has_force_restore_data_flag);
-
-        /// Messages, so that it's not boring to wait for the server to load for a long time.
-        if (query.is_dictionary)
-            logAboutProgress(log, ++dictionaries_processed, total_dictionaries, watch);
-        else
-            logAboutProgress(log, ++tables_processed, total_tables, watch);
-    };
-
     ThreadPool pool(SettingMaxThreads().getAutoValue());
 
+    /// Attach tables.
     for (const auto & name_with_query : file_names)
     {
-        pool.scheduleOrThrowOnError([&]() { loadOneObject(name_with_query.second->as<const ASTCreateQuery &>()); });
+        const auto & create_query = name_with_query.second->as<const ASTCreateQuery &>();
+        if (!create_query.is_dictionary)
+            pool.scheduleOrThrowOnError([&]()
+            {
+                tryAttachTable(context, create_query, *this, getDataPath(), getDatabaseName(), has_force_restore_data_flag);
+
+                /// Messages, so that it's not boring to wait for the server to load for a long time.
+                logAboutProgress(log, ++tables_processed, total_tables, watch);
+            });
     }
 
     pool.wait();
@@ -178,16 +192,19 @@ void DatabaseOrdinary::loadStoredObjects(
     auto dictionaries_repository = std::make_unique<ExternalLoaderDatabaseConfigRepository>(shared_from_this(), context);
     auto & external_loader = context.getExternalDictionariesLoader();
     external_loader.addConfigRepository(getDatabaseName(), std::move(dictionaries_repository));
-    bool lazy_load = context.getConfigRef().getBool("dictionaries_lazy_load", true);
 
-    auto filter = [this](const std::string & dictionary_name) -> bool
+    /// Attach dictionaries.
+    for (const auto & name_with_query : file_names)
     {
-        if (!startsWith(dictionary_name, name + "." /* db name */))
-            return false;
-        LOG_INFO(log, "Loading dictionary " << backQuote(dictionary_name) << ", for database " << backQuote(name));
-        return true;
-    };
-    external_loader.reload(filter, !lazy_load);
+        auto create_query = name_with_query.second->as<const ASTCreateQuery &>();
+        if (create_query.is_dictionary)
+        {
+            tryAttachDictionary(context, create_query, *this);
+
+            /// Messages, so that it's not boring to wait for the server to load for a long time.
+            logAboutProgress(log, ++dictionaries_processed, total_dictionaries, watch);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabasesCommon.cpp b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabasesCommon.cpp
index 2feda6fc2b3a1b70d24d93e26b26d4aa21549981..3322d9d56bbd9e8afc5fd8db45b1827d5d472f1c 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabasesCommon.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabasesCommon.cpp
@@ -161,19 +161,21 @@ StoragePtr DatabaseWithOwnTablesBase::detachTable(const String & table_name)
     return res;
 }
 
-void DatabaseWithOwnTablesBase::detachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context, bool reload)
+void DatabaseWithOwnTablesBase::detachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context)
 {
+    String full_name = getDatabaseName() + "." + dictionary_name;
     {
         std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
         auto it = dictionaries.find(dictionary_name);
         if (it == dictionaries.end())
-            throw Exception("Dictionary " + name + "." + dictionary_name + " doesn't exist.", ErrorCodes::UNKNOWN_TABLE);
+            throw Exception("Dictionary " + full_name + " doesn't exist.", ErrorCodes::UNKNOWN_TABLE);
         dictionaries.erase(it);
     }
 
-    if (reload)
-        context.getExternalDictionariesLoader().reload(getDatabaseName() + "." + dictionary_name);
-
+    /// ExternalLoader::reloadConfig() will find out that the dictionary's config has been removed
+    /// and therefore it will unload the dictionary.
+    const auto & external_loader = context.getExternalDictionariesLoader();
+    external_loader.reloadConfig(getDatabaseName(), full_name);
 }
 
 void DatabaseWithOwnTablesBase::attachTable(const String & table_name, const StoragePtr & table)
@@ -184,22 +186,19 @@ void DatabaseWithOwnTablesBase::attachTable(const String & table_name, const Sto
 }
 
 
-void DatabaseWithOwnTablesBase::attachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context, bool load)
+void DatabaseWithOwnTablesBase::attachDictionary(const String & dictionary_name, const Context & context)
 {
-    const auto & external_loader = context.getExternalDictionariesLoader();
-
     String full_name = getDatabaseName() + "." + dictionary_name;
     {
         std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
-        auto status = external_loader.getCurrentStatus(full_name);
-        if (status != ExternalLoader::Status::NOT_EXIST || !dictionaries.emplace(dictionary_name).second)
-            throw Exception(
-                      "Dictionary " + full_name + " already exists.",
-                      ErrorCodes::DICTIONARY_ALREADY_EXISTS);
+        if (!dictionaries.emplace(dictionary_name).second)
+            throw Exception("Dictionary " + full_name + " already exists.", ErrorCodes::DICTIONARY_ALREADY_EXISTS);
     }
 
-    if (load)
-        external_loader.reload(full_name, true);
+    /// ExternalLoader::reloadConfig() will find out that the dictionary's config has been added
+    /// and in case `dictionaries_lazy_load == false` it will load the dictionary.
+    const auto & external_loader = context.getExternalDictionariesLoader();
+    external_loader.reloadConfig(getDatabaseName(), full_name);
 }
 
 void DatabaseWithOwnTablesBase::shutdown()
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabasesCommon.h b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabasesCommon.h
index f07136aa927efab97d20940a91e0b189a1146d2d..b277e8cd3d186666e9c32abae1059df0771fd6ca 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/DatabasesCommon.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/DatabasesCommon.h
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ public:
 
     void attachTable(const String & table_name, const StoragePtr & table) override;
 
-    void attachDictionary(const String & name, const Context & context, bool reload) override;
+    void attachDictionary(const String & name, const Context & context) override;
 
     StoragePtr detachTable(const String & table_name) override;
 
-    void detachDictionary(const String & name, const Context & context, bool reload) override;
+    void detachDictionary(const String & name, const Context & context) override;
 
     DatabaseTablesIteratorPtr getTablesIterator(const Context & context, const FilterByNameFunction & filter_by_table_name = {}) override;
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Databases/IDatabase.h b/dbms/src/Databases/IDatabase.h
index ac1ccc096d5da9b8a542537f35abb050fd38e834..6b9d29b070ea8a0322551af90e92792d44294d19 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Databases/IDatabase.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Databases/IDatabase.h
@@ -165,14 +165,14 @@ public:
     virtual void attachTable(const String & name, const StoragePtr & table) = 0;
 
     /// Add dictionary to the database, but do not add it to the metadata. The database may not support this method.
-    /// load is false when we starting up and lazy_load is true, so we don't want to load dictionaries synchronously.
-    virtual void attachDictionary(const String & name, const Context & context, bool reload = true) = 0;
+    /// If dictionaries_lazy_load is false it also starts loading the dictionary asynchronously.
+    virtual void attachDictionary(const String & name, const Context & context) = 0;
 
     /// Forget about the table without deleting it, and return it. The database may not support this method.
     virtual StoragePtr detachTable(const String & name) = 0;
 
-    /// Forget about the dictionary without deleting it, and return it. The database may not support this method.
-    virtual void detachDictionary(const String & name, const Context & context, bool reload = true) = 0;
+    /// Forget about the dictionary without deleting it. The database may not support this method.
+    virtual void detachDictionary(const String & name, const Context & context) = 0;
 
     /// Rename the table and possibly move the table to another database.
     virtual void renameTable(
diff --git a/dbms/src/Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.cpp b/dbms/src/Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.cpp
index f767440eb8b035c6adaec4df3408d3af12a78358..03e3a8c381211f49e92d0a6c8d28ea24fcea2609 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ void checkPrimaryKey(const std::unordered_set<std::string> & all_attrs, const Na
 }
 
 
-DictionaryConfigurationPtr getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST(const ASTCreateQuery & query)
+DictionaryConfigurationPtr getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST(const ASTCreateQuery & query, const String & database_name)
 {
     checkAST(query);
 
@@ -427,7 +427,8 @@ DictionaryConfigurationPtr getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST(const ASTCreateQuer
 
     AutoPtr<Poco::XML::Element> name_element(xml_document->createElement("name"));
     current_dictionary->appendChild(name_element);
-    AutoPtr<Text> name(xml_document->createTextNode(query.database + "." + query.table));
+    String full_name = (!database_name.empty() ? database_name : query.database) + "." + query.table;
+    AutoPtr<Text> name(xml_document->createTextNode(full_name));
     name_element->appendChild(name);
 
     AutoPtr<Element> structure_element(xml_document->createElement("structure"));
diff --git a/dbms/src/Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.h b/dbms/src/Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.h
index bb48765c492a572e0565f39584b34ad05d40440d..adfcd7f276880c0f826bbf4da7f34f6ae6300870 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.h
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ using DictionaryConfigurationPtr = Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::Util::AbstractConfigurati
 /// Convert dictionary AST to Poco::AbstractConfiguration
 /// This function is necessary because all loadable objects configuration are Poco::AbstractConfiguration
 /// Can throw exception if query is ill-formed
-DictionaryConfigurationPtr getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST(const ASTCreateQuery & query);
+DictionaryConfigurationPtr getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST(const ASTCreateQuery & query, const String & database_name = {});
 
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.cpp
index 601e42c56e4ec35063c5a32a6309174b30b65a18..8a9d1fc323b52bbb6c7174cdc94f9813e28186f0 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include <Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.h>
-#include <Interpreters/Context.h>
 #include <Dictionaries/DictionaryFactory.h>
-#include <Dictionaries/getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST.h>
 
 namespace DB
 {
@@ -28,15 +26,4 @@ void ExternalDictionariesLoader::addConfigRepository(
     ExternalLoader::addConfigRepository(repository_name, std::move(config_repository), {"dictionary", "name"});
 }
 
-
-void ExternalDictionariesLoader::addDictionaryWithConfig(
-    const String & dictionary_name, const String & repo_name, const ASTCreateQuery & query, bool load_never_loading) const
-{
-    ExternalLoader::addObjectAndLoad(
-        dictionary_name, /// names are equal
-        dictionary_name,
-        repo_name,
-        getDictionaryConfigurationFromAST(query),
-        "dictionary", load_never_loading);
-}
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.h b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.h
index ae2ffc8bcc8d722749ef9e14e70318b9d4b03a1a..4348e22e9acc8c1c79a952df61804aba2058db35 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalDictionariesLoader.h
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <Dictionaries/IDictionary.h>
-#include <Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.h>
 #include <Interpreters/ExternalLoader.h>
-#include <common/logger_useful.h>
-#include <Parsers/ASTCreateQuery.h>
 #include <memory>
 
 
 namespace DB
 {
-
 class Context;
+class IExternalLoaderConfigRepository;
 
 /// Manages user-defined dictionaries.
 class ExternalDictionariesLoader : public ExternalLoader
@@ -36,14 +33,6 @@ public:
         const std::string & repository_name,
         std::unique_ptr<IExternalLoaderConfigRepository> config_repository);
 
-    /// Starts reloading of a specified object.
-    void addDictionaryWithConfig(
-        const String & dictionary_name,
-        const String & repo_name,
-        const ASTCreateQuery & query,
-        bool load_never_loading = false) const;
-
-
 protected:
     LoadablePtr create(const std::string & name, const Poco::Util::AbstractConfiguration & config,
                        const std::string & key_in_config) const override;
@@ -52,7 +41,6 @@ protected:
     friend class DatabaseDictionary;
 
 private:
-
     Context & context;
 };
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoader.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoader.cpp
index c7c883fde7983265e3311d9d5f957c112607fbad..4cbd8848d71f7bfa50a5c738a117ec3bad015fd8 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoader.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoader.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <Common/setThreadName.h>
 #include <ext/chrono_io.h>
 #include <ext/scope_guard.h>
+#include <boost/range/adaptor/map.hpp>
+#include <boost/range/algorithm/copy.hpp>
 
 
 namespace DB
@@ -39,10 +41,10 @@ struct LoadingGuardForAsyncLoad
 
 struct ExternalLoader::ObjectConfig
 {
-    String config_path;
     Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::Util::AbstractConfiguration> config;
     String key_in_config;
     String repository_name;
+    String path;
 };
 
 
@@ -57,226 +59,258 @@ public:
     }
     ~LoadablesConfigReader() = default;
 
-    void addConfigRepository(
-        const String & name,
-        std::unique_ptr<IExternalLoaderConfigRepository> repository,
-        const ExternalLoaderConfigSettings & settings)
+    using RepositoryPtr = std::unique_ptr<IExternalLoaderConfigRepository>;
+
+    void addConfigRepository(const String & repository_name, RepositoryPtr repository, const ExternalLoaderConfigSettings & settings)
     {
         std::lock_guard lock{mutex};
-        repositories.emplace(name, std::make_pair(std::move(repository), settings));
+        RepositoryInfo repository_info{std::move(repository), settings, {}};
+        repositories.emplace(repository_name, std::move(repository_info));
+        need_collect_object_configs = true;
     }
 
-    void removeConfigRepository(const String & name)
+    RepositoryPtr removeConfigRepository(const String & repository_name)
     {
         std::lock_guard lock{mutex};
-        repositories.erase(name);
+        auto it = repositories.find(repository_name);
+        if (it == repositories.end())
+            return nullptr;
+        auto repository = std::move(it->second.repository);
+        repositories.erase(it);
+        need_collect_object_configs = true;
+        return repository;
     }
 
     using ObjectConfigsPtr = std::shared_ptr<const std::unordered_map<String /* object's name */, ObjectConfig>>;
 
-
-    /// Reads configurations.
+    /// Reads all repositories.
     ObjectConfigsPtr read()
     {
         std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
-        // Check last modification times of files and read those files which are new or changed.
-        if (!readLoadablesInfos())
-            return configs; // Nothing changed, so we can return the previous result.
-
-        return collectConfigs();
+        readRepositories();
+        collectObjectConfigs();
+        return object_configs;
     }
 
-    ObjectConfig updateLoadableInfo(
-        const String & external_name,
-        const String & object_name,
-        const String & repo_name,
-        const Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::Util::AbstractConfiguration> & config,
-        const String & key)
+    /// Reads only a specified repository.
+    /// This functions checks only a specified repository but returns configs from all repositories.
+    ObjectConfigsPtr read(const String & repository_name)
     {
         std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+        readRepositories(repository_name);
+        collectObjectConfigs();
+        return object_configs;
+    }
 
-        auto it = loadables_infos.find(object_name);
-        if (it == loadables_infos.end())
-        {
-            LoadablesInfos loadable_info;
-            loadables_infos[object_name] = loadable_info;
-        }
-        auto & loadable_info = loadables_infos[object_name];
-        ObjectConfig object_config{object_name, config, key, repo_name};
-        bool found = false;
-        for (auto iter = loadable_info.configs.begin(); iter != loadable_info.configs.end(); ++iter)
-        {
-            if (iter->first == external_name)
-            {
-                iter->second = object_config;
-                found = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (!found)
-            loadable_info.configs.emplace_back(external_name, object_config);
-        loadable_info.last_update_time = Poco::Timestamp{}; /// now
-        loadable_info.in_use = true;
-        return object_config;
+    /// Reads only a specified path from a specified repository.
+    /// This functions checks only a specified repository but returns configs from all repositories.
+    ObjectConfigsPtr read(const String & repository_name, const String & path)
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+        readRepositories(repository_name, path);
+        collectObjectConfigs();
+        return object_configs;
     }
 
 private:
-    struct LoadablesInfos
+    struct FileInfo
     {
         Poco::Timestamp last_update_time = 0;
-        std::vector<std::pair<String, ObjectConfig>> configs; // Parsed loadable's contents.
-        bool in_use = true; // Whether the `LoadablesInfos` should be destroyed because the correspondent loadable is deleted.
+        std::vector<std::pair<String, ObjectConfig>> objects; // Parsed contents of the file.
+        bool in_use = true; // Whether the `FileInfo` should be destroyed because the correspondent file is deleted.
     };
 
-    /// Collect current configurations
-    ObjectConfigsPtr collectConfigs()
+    struct RepositoryInfo
     {
-        // Generate new result.
-        auto new_configs = std::make_shared<std::unordered_map<String /* object's name */, ObjectConfig>>();
-        for (const auto & [path, loadable_info] : loadables_infos)
-        {
-            for (const auto & [name, config] : loadable_info.configs)
-            {
-                auto already_added_it = new_configs->find(name);
-                if (already_added_it != new_configs->end())
-                {
-                    const auto & already_added = already_added_it->second;
-                    LOG_WARNING(log, path << ": " << type_name << " '" << name << "' is found "
-                                          << ((path == already_added.config_path)
-                                                  ? ("twice in the same file")
-                                                  : ("both in file '" + already_added.config_path + "' and '" + path + "'")));
-                    continue;
-                }
-                new_configs->emplace(name, config);
-            }
-        }
-
-        configs = new_configs;
-        return configs;
-    }
+        RepositoryPtr repository;
+        ExternalLoaderConfigSettings settings;
+        std::unordered_map<String /* path */, FileInfo> files;
+    };
 
-    /// Read files and store them to the map ` loadables_infos`.
-    bool readLoadablesInfos()
+    /// Reads the repositories.
+    /// Checks last modification times of files and read those files which are new or changed.
+    void readRepositories(const std::optional<String> & only_repository_name = {}, const std::optional<String> & only_path = {})
     {
-        bool changed = false;
-
-        for (auto & name_and_loadable_info : loadables_infos)
+        Strings repository_names;
+        if (only_repository_name)
         {
-            LoadablesInfos & loadable_info = name_and_loadable_info.second;
-            loadable_info.in_use = false;
+            if (repositories.count(*only_repository_name))
+                repository_names.push_back(*only_repository_name);
         }
+        else
+            boost::copy(repositories | boost::adaptors::map_keys, std::back_inserter(repository_names));
 
-        for (const auto & [repo_name, repo_with_settings] : repositories)
+        for (const auto & repository_name : repository_names)
         {
-            const auto names = repo_with_settings.first->getAllLoadablesDefinitionNames();
-            for (const auto & loadable_name : names)
+            auto & repository_info = repositories[repository_name];
+
+            for (auto & file_info : repository_info.files | boost::adaptors::map_values)
+                file_info.in_use = false;
+
+            Strings existing_paths;
+            if (only_path)
+            {
+                if (repository_info.repository->exists(*only_path))
+                    existing_paths.push_back(*only_path);
+            }
+            else
+                boost::copy(repository_info.repository->getAllLoadablesDefinitionNames(), std::back_inserter(existing_paths));
+
+            for (const auto & path : existing_paths)
             {
-                auto it = loadables_infos.find(loadable_name);
-                if (it != loadables_infos.end())
+                auto it = repository_info.files.find(path);
+                if (it != repository_info.files.end())
                 {
-                    LoadablesInfos & loadable_info = it->second;
-                    if (readLoadablesInfo(repo_name, *repo_with_settings.first, loadable_name, repo_with_settings.second, loadable_info))
-                        changed = true;
+                    FileInfo & file_info = it->second;
+                    if (readFileInfo(file_info, *repository_info.repository, path, repository_info.settings))
+                        need_collect_object_configs = true;
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    LoadablesInfos loadable_info;
-                    if (readLoadablesInfo(repo_name, *repo_with_settings.first, loadable_name, repo_with_settings.second, loadable_info))
+                    FileInfo file_info;
+                    if (readFileInfo(file_info, *repository_info.repository, path, repository_info.settings))
                     {
-                        loadables_infos.emplace(loadable_name, std::move(loadable_info));
-                        changed = true;
+                        repository_info.files.emplace(path, std::move(file_info));
+                        need_collect_object_configs = true;
                     }
                 }
             }
-        }
 
-        std::vector<String> deleted_names;
-        for (auto & [path, loadable_info] : loadables_infos)
-            if (!loadable_info.in_use)
-                deleted_names.emplace_back(path);
-        if (!deleted_names.empty())
-        {
-            for (const String & deleted_name : deleted_names)
-                loadables_infos.erase(deleted_name);
-            changed = true;
+            Strings deleted_paths;
+            for (auto & [path, file_info] : repository_info.files)
+            {
+                if (file_info.in_use)
+                    continue;
+
+                if (only_path && (*only_path != path))
+                    continue;
+
+                deleted_paths.emplace_back(path);
+            }
+
+            if (!deleted_paths.empty())
+            {
+                for (const String & deleted_path : deleted_paths)
+                    repository_info.files.erase(deleted_path);
+                need_collect_object_configs = true;
+            }
         }
-        return changed;
     }
 
-    bool readLoadablesInfo(
-        const String & repo_name,
+    /// Reads a file, returns true if the file is new or changed.
+    bool readFileInfo(
+        FileInfo & file_info,
         IExternalLoaderConfigRepository & repository,
-        const String & object_name,
-        const ExternalLoaderConfigSettings & settings,
-        LoadablesInfos & loadable_info) const
+        const String & path,
+        const ExternalLoaderConfigSettings & settings) const
     {
         try
         {
-            if (object_name.empty() || !repository.exists(object_name))
+            if (path.empty() || !repository.exists(path))
             {
-                LOG_WARNING(log, "Config file '" + object_name + "' does not exist");
+                LOG_WARNING(log, "Config file '" + path + "' does not exist");
                 return false;
             }
 
-            auto update_time_from_repository = repository.getUpdateTime(object_name);
+            auto update_time_from_repository = repository.getUpdateTime(path);
 
             /// Actually it can't be less, but for sure we check less or equal
-            if (update_time_from_repository <= loadable_info.last_update_time)
+            if (update_time_from_repository <= file_info.last_update_time)
             {
-                loadable_info.in_use = true;
+                file_info.in_use = true;
                 return false;
             }
 
-            auto file_contents = repository.load(object_name);
+            auto file_contents = repository.load(path);
 
             /// get all objects' definitions
             Poco::Util::AbstractConfiguration::Keys keys;
             file_contents->keys(keys);
 
             /// for each object defined in repositories
-            std::vector<std::pair<String, ObjectConfig>> configs_from_file;
+            std::vector<std::pair<String, ObjectConfig>> object_configs_from_file;
             for (const auto & key : keys)
             {
                 if (!startsWith(key, settings.external_config))
                 {
                     if (!startsWith(key, "comment") && !startsWith(key, "include_from"))
-                        LOG_WARNING(log, object_name << ": file contains unknown node '" << key << "', expected '" << settings.external_config << "'");
+                        LOG_WARNING(log, path << ": file contains unknown node '" << key << "', expected '" << settings.external_config << "'");
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                String external_name = file_contents->getString(key + "." + settings.external_name);
-                if (external_name.empty())
+                String object_name = file_contents->getString(key + "." + settings.external_name);
+                if (object_name.empty())
                 {
-                    LOG_WARNING(log, object_name << ": node '" << key << "' defines " << type_name << " with an empty name. It's not allowed");
+                    LOG_WARNING(log, path << ": node '" << key << "' defines " << type_name << " with an empty name. It's not allowed");
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                configs_from_file.emplace_back(external_name, ObjectConfig{object_name, file_contents, key, repo_name});
+                object_configs_from_file.emplace_back(object_name, ObjectConfig{file_contents, key, {}, {}});
             }
 
-            loadable_info.configs = std::move(configs_from_file);
-            loadable_info.last_update_time = update_time_from_repository;
-            loadable_info.in_use = true;
+            file_info.objects = std::move(object_configs_from_file);
+            file_info.last_update_time = update_time_from_repository;
+            file_info.in_use = true;
             return true;
         }
         catch (...)
         {
-            tryLogCurrentException(log, "Failed to load config for dictionary '" + object_name + "'");
+            tryLogCurrentException(log, "Failed to load config file '" + path + "'");
             return false;
         }
     }
 
+    /// Builds a map of current configurations of objects.
+    void collectObjectConfigs()
+    {
+        if (!need_collect_object_configs)
+            return;
+        need_collect_object_configs = false;
+
+        // Generate new result.
+        auto new_configs = std::make_shared<std::unordered_map<String /* object's name */, ObjectConfig>>();
+
+        for (const auto & [repository_name, repository_info] : repositories)
+        {
+            for (const auto & [path, file_info] : repository_info.files)
+            {
+                for (const auto & [object_name, object_config] : file_info.objects)
+                {
+                    auto already_added_it = new_configs->find(object_name);
+                    if (already_added_it == new_configs->end())
+                    {
+                        auto & new_config = new_configs->emplace(object_name, object_config).first->second;
+                        new_config.repository_name = repository_name;
+                        new_config.path = path;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        const auto & already_added = already_added_it->second;
+                        if (!startsWith(repository_name, IExternalLoaderConfigRepository::INTERNAL_REPOSITORY_NAME_PREFIX) &&
+                            !startsWith(already_added.repository_name, IExternalLoaderConfigRepository::INTERNAL_REPOSITORY_NAME_PREFIX))
+                        {
+                            LOG_WARNING(
+                                log,
+                                type_name << " '" << object_name << "' is found "
+                                          << (((path == already_added.path) && repository_name == already_added.repository_name)
+                                                  ? ("twice in the same file '" + path + "'")
+                                                  : ("both in file '" + already_added.path + "' and '" + path + "'")));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        object_configs = new_configs;
+    }
 
     const String type_name;
     Logger * log;
 
     std::mutex mutex;
-    using RepositoryPtr = std::unique_ptr<IExternalLoaderConfigRepository>;
-    using RepositoryWithSettings = std::pair<RepositoryPtr, ExternalLoaderConfigSettings>;
-    std::unordered_map<String, RepositoryWithSettings> repositories;
-    ObjectConfigsPtr configs;
-    std::unordered_map<String /* config path */, LoadablesInfos>  loadables_infos;
+    std::unordered_map<String, RepositoryInfo> repositories;
+    ObjectConfigsPtr object_configs;
+    bool need_collect_object_configs = false;
 };
 
 
@@ -338,10 +372,11 @@ public:
             else
             {
                 const auto & new_config = new_config_it->second;
-                if (!isSameConfiguration(*info.object_config.config, info.object_config.key_in_config, *new_config.config, new_config.key_in_config))
+                bool config_is_same = isSameConfiguration(*info.object_config.config, info.object_config.key_in_config, *new_config.config, new_config.key_in_config);
+                info.object_config = new_config;
+                if (!config_is_same)
                 {
                     /// Configuration has been changed.
-                    info.object_config = new_config;
                     info.config_changed = true;
 
                     if (info.wasLoading())
@@ -376,12 +411,6 @@ public:
         event.notify_all();
     }
 
-    void setSingleObjectConfigurationWithoutLoading(const String & external_name, const ObjectConfig & config)
-    {
-        std::lock_guard lock{mutex};
-        infos.emplace(external_name, Info{config});
-    }
-
     /// Sets whether all the objects from the configuration should be always loaded (even if they aren't used).
     void enableAlwaysLoadEverything(bool enable)
     {
@@ -662,7 +691,7 @@ private:
             result.exception = exception;
             result.loading_start_time = loading_start_time;
             result.loading_duration = loadingDuration();
-            result.origin = object_config.config_path;
+            result.origin = object_config.path;
             result.repository_name = object_config.repository_name;
             return result;
         }
@@ -1091,12 +1120,14 @@ void ExternalLoader::addConfigRepository(
     const ExternalLoaderConfigSettings & config_settings)
 {
     config_files_reader->addConfigRepository(repository_name, std::move(config_repository), config_settings);
-    loading_dispatcher->setConfiguration(config_files_reader->read());
+    reloadConfig(repository_name);
 }
 
-void ExternalLoader::removeConfigRepository(const std::string & repository_name)
+std::unique_ptr<IExternalLoaderConfigRepository> ExternalLoader::removeConfigRepository(const std::string & repository_name)
 {
-    config_files_reader->removeConfigRepository(repository_name);
+    auto repository = config_files_reader->removeConfigRepository(repository_name);
+    reloadConfig(repository_name);
+    return repository;
 }
 
 void ExternalLoader::enableAlwaysLoadEverything(bool enable)
@@ -1189,40 +1220,36 @@ void ExternalLoader::load(Loadables & loaded_objects, Duration timeout) const
 
 void ExternalLoader::reload(const String & name, bool load_never_loading) const
 {
-    auto configs = config_files_reader->read();
-    loading_dispatcher->setConfiguration(configs);
+    reloadConfig();
     loading_dispatcher->reload(name, load_never_loading);
 }
 
 void ExternalLoader::reload(bool load_never_loading) const
 {
-    loading_dispatcher->setConfiguration(config_files_reader->read());
+    reloadConfig();
     loading_dispatcher->reload(load_never_loading);
 }
 
 void ExternalLoader::reload(const FilterByNameFunction & filter_by_name, bool load_never_loading) const
 {
-    loading_dispatcher->setConfiguration(config_files_reader->read());
+    reloadConfig();
     loading_dispatcher->reload(filter_by_name, load_never_loading);
 }
 
-void ExternalLoader::addObjectAndLoad(
-    const String & name,
-    const String & external_name,
-    const String & repo_name,
-    const Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::Util::AbstractConfiguration> & config,
-    const String & key,
-    bool load_never_loading) const
+void ExternalLoader::reloadConfig() const
 {
-    auto object_config = config_files_reader->updateLoadableInfo(external_name, name, repo_name, config, key);
-    loading_dispatcher->setSingleObjectConfigurationWithoutLoading(external_name, object_config);
-    LoadablePtr loaded_object;
-    if (load_never_loading)
-        loading_dispatcher->loadStrict(name, loaded_object);
-    else
-        loading_dispatcher->load(name, loaded_object, Duration::zero());
+    loading_dispatcher->setConfiguration(config_files_reader->read());
 }
 
+void ExternalLoader::reloadConfig(const String & repository_name) const
+{
+    loading_dispatcher->setConfiguration(config_files_reader->read(repository_name));
+}
+
+void ExternalLoader::reloadConfig(const String & repository_name, const String & path) const
+{
+    loading_dispatcher->setConfiguration(config_files_reader->read(repository_name, path));
+}
 
 ExternalLoader::LoadablePtr ExternalLoader::createObject(
     const String & name, const ObjectConfig & config, const LoadablePtr & previous_version) const
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoader.h b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoader.h
index 16cdbd449f21463cd09e5fe5806882a59cd9181d..f7089ef0974b1e65ff457532ef60153bd06b225d 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoader.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoader.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public:
         const ExternalLoaderConfigSettings & config_settings);
 
     /// Removes a repository which were used to read configurations.
-    void removeConfigRepository(const std::string & repository_name);
+    std::unique_ptr<IExternalLoaderConfigRepository> removeConfigRepository(const std::string & repository_name);
 
     /// Sets whether all the objects from the configuration should be always loaded (even those which are never used).
     void enableAlwaysLoadEverything(bool enable);
@@ -128,15 +128,18 @@ public:
     /// Tries to finish loading of a specified object during the timeout.
     /// Returns nullptr if the loading is unsuccessful or if there is no such object.
     void load(const String & name, LoadablePtr & loaded_object, Duration timeout = NO_TIMEOUT) const;
+    void load(const String & name) const { LoadablePtr object; load(name, object, Duration::zero()); }
     LoadablePtr loadAndGet(const String & name, Duration timeout = NO_TIMEOUT) const { LoadablePtr object; load(name, object, timeout); return object; }
     LoadablePtr tryGetLoadable(const String & name) const { return loadAndGet(name); }
 
     /// Tries to finish loading of a specified object during the timeout.
     /// Throws an exception if the loading is unsuccessful or if there is no such object.
     void loadStrict(const String & name, LoadablePtr & loaded_object) const;
+    void loadStrict(const String & name) const { LoadablePtr object; loadStrict(name, object); }
     LoadablePtr getLoadable(const String & name) const { LoadablePtr object; loadStrict(name, object); return object; }
 
     /// Tries to finish loading of the objects for which the specified function returns true.
+    void load(const FilterByNameFunction & filter_by_name) const { Loadables objects; load(filter_by_name, objects, Duration::zero()); }
     void load(const FilterByNameFunction & filter_by_name, Loadables & loaded_objects, Duration timeout = NO_TIMEOUT) const;
     void load(const FilterByNameFunction & filter_by_name, LoadResults & load_results, Duration timeout = NO_TIMEOUT) const;
     Loadables loadAndGet(const FilterByNameFunction & filter_by_name, Duration timeout = NO_TIMEOUT) const { Loadables loaded_objects; load(filter_by_name, loaded_objects, timeout); return loaded_objects; }
@@ -160,18 +163,18 @@ public:
     /// The function can either skip them (false) or load for the first time (true).
     void reload(const FilterByNameFunction & filter_by_name, bool load_never_loading = false) const;
 
+    /// Reloads all config repositories.
+    void reloadConfig() const;
+
+    /// Reloads only a specified config repository.
+    void reloadConfig(const String & repository_name) const;
+
+    /// Reload only a specified path in a specified config repository.
+    void reloadConfig(const String & repository_name, const String & path) const;
+
 protected:
     virtual LoadablePtr create(const String & name, const Poco::Util::AbstractConfiguration & config, const String & key_in_config) const = 0;
 
-    /// Reload object with already parsed configuration
-    void addObjectAndLoad(
-        const String & name, /// name of dictionary
-        const String & external_name, /// name of source (example xml-file, may contain more than dictionary)
-        const String & repo_name, /// name of repository (database name, or all xml files)
-        const Poco::AutoPtr<Poco::Util::AbstractConfiguration> & config,
-        const String & key_in_config, /// key where we can start search of loadables (<dictionary>, <model>, etc)
-        bool load_never_loading = false) const;
-
 private:
     struct ObjectConfig;
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..16c8a3aa59c3f1cb8f0ca9b31e21ac2fc9be8177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include <Interpreters/ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository.h>
+#include <Common/Exception.h>
+#include <boost/range/algorithm/copy.hpp>
+#include <boost/range/adaptor/map.hpp>
+
+
+namespace DB
+{
+namespace ErrorCodes
+{
+    extern const int BAD_ARGUMENTS;
+}
+
+ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository::ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository(const std::vector<std::pair<String, LoadablesConfigurationPtr>> & preset_)
+{
+    boost::range::copy(preset_, std::inserter(preset, preset.end()));
+}
+
+ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository::~ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository() = default;
+
+std::set<String> ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository::getAllLoadablesDefinitionNames() const
+{
+    std::set<String> paths;
+    boost::range::copy(preset | boost::adaptors::map_keys, std::inserter(paths, paths.end()));
+    return paths;
+}
+
+bool ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository::exists(const String& path) const
+{
+    return preset.count(path);
+}
+
+Poco::Timestamp ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository::getUpdateTime(const String & path)
+{
+    if (!exists(path))
+        throw Exception("Loadable " + path + " not found", ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS);
+    return creation_time;
+}
+
+/// May contain definition about several entities (several dictionaries in one .xml file)
+LoadablesConfigurationPtr ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository::load(const String & path) const
+{
+    auto it = preset.find(path);
+    if (it == preset.end())
+        throw Exception("Loadable " + path + " not found", ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS);
+    return it->second;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository.h b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b35209a7fb9d6153d1acc1018dadfc7a1034fa87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Core/Types.h>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.h>
+#include <Poco/Timestamp.h>
+
+
+namespace DB
+{
+/// A config repository filled with preset loadables used by ExternalLoader.
+class ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository : public IExternalLoaderConfigRepository
+{
+public:
+    ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository(const std::vector<std::pair<String, LoadablesConfigurationPtr>> & preset_);
+    ~ExternalLoaderPresetConfigRepository() override;
+
+    std::set<String> getAllLoadablesDefinitionNames() const override;
+    bool exists(const String & path) const override;
+    Poco::Timestamp getUpdateTime(const String & path) override;
+    LoadablesConfigurationPtr load(const String & path) const override;
+
+private:
+    std::unordered_map<String, LoadablesConfigurationPtr> preset;
+    Poco::Timestamp creation_time;
+};
+
+}
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..968a9bca9de94b34eeaa4b4b787a58e877361bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.h>
+
+
+namespace DB
+{
+const char * IExternalLoaderConfigRepository::INTERNAL_REPOSITORY_NAME_PREFIX = "\xFF internal repo ";
+}
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.h b/dbms/src/Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.h
index 93cefe0a0d49a2d2b7e7f4b1fc229a84969b7d08..bcac36d9807b744ccdba6d2b4b13267423057576 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/IExternalLoaderConfigRepository.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public:
     virtual LoadablesConfigurationPtr load(const std::string & loadable_definition_name) const = 0;
 
     virtual ~IExternalLoaderConfigRepository() = default;
+
+    static const char * INTERNAL_REPOSITORY_NAME_PREFIX;
 };
 
 using ExternalLoaderConfigRepositoryPtr = std::unique_ptr<IExternalLoaderConfigRepository>;
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemDictionaries.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemDictionaries.cpp
index 73896c10e1bcdc0a2a893c8b653d9c32907baa0c..12c882dee9d6b642a7c5520fc9ee5a1546050932 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemDictionaries.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemDictionaries.cpp
@@ -50,14 +50,21 @@ void StorageSystemDictionaries::fillData(MutableColumns & res_columns, const Con
     const auto & external_dictionaries = context.getExternalDictionariesLoader();
     for (const auto & [dict_name, load_result] : external_dictionaries.getCurrentLoadResults())
     {
+        if (startsWith(load_result.repository_name, IExternalLoaderConfigRepository::INTERNAL_REPOSITORY_NAME_PREFIX))
+            continue;
+
         size_t i = 0;
+        String database;
+        String short_name = dict_name;
 
-        res_columns[i++]->insert(load_result.repository_name);
-        if (!load_result.repository_name.empty())
-            res_columns[i++]->insert(dict_name.substr(load_result.repository_name.length() + 1));
-        else
-            res_columns[i++]->insert(dict_name);
+        if (!load_result.repository_name.empty() && startsWith(dict_name, load_result.repository_name + "."))
+        {
+            database = load_result.repository_name;
+            short_name = dict_name.substr(load_result.repository_name.length() + 1);
+        }
 
+        res_columns[i++]->insert(database);
+        res_columns[i++]->insert(short_name);
         res_columns[i++]->insert(static_cast<Int8>(load_result.status));
         res_columns[i++]->insert(load_result.origin);