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conservatory

UK/kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/US/kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/

adjective

What it means

  1. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
  2. rareRelating to conservation.

In a sentence

The auncient Catholyke fathers... were not afrayde to call this Supper... the foode of immortalitie... and the conseruatory to euerlastyng lyfe.

1563, John Jewel, The Seconde Tome of Homelyes..., sig. IIII.i.v

Where it comes from

  1. Frenchconservatoire
  2. Medieval Latincōnservātōrius
  3. Englishconservatory

From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrius directly and via French conservatoire, from cōnservāre (“to conserve, to preserve”) + -torius (“-atory: forming related adjectives”) and/or conservator (“conservator, preserver, protector”) + -ius (“-y: forming related adjectives”).

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