salvatory

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noun

A place where things are preserved; a repository.

OriginLatin salvatorium →
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Meanings

nounsalvatory (plural salvatories)

plural salvatories

  1. obsoleteA place where things are preserved; a repository.

    the admirable powers of Sensation, of Phantalie, of Memory, in what Salvatories or Repositories the species of things past are conserved

    a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Latinsalvatorium
  2. Englishsalvatory

From Latin salvatorium, from salvare (“to save”).

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salvatory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salvatory.

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