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/kənsˈərvətɔri/ Listen

noun

Conservatory n.

That which preserves from injury. (Obs.) "A conservatory of life."

A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.

A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.

adjective

Conservatory adj. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.

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Etymology of 'Conservatory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Conservatory" Quotes from Famous Books

... had such a bad character for snubbing girls, and asking them difficult questions. However, it was impossible to refuse, and so she danced with the prince, and he danced very well. Then they sat out in the conservatory, among the flowers, where nobody came near them; and then they danced again, and then the Prince took her down to supper. And all the time he never once said, "Have you read this?" or "Have you read that?" or, "What! you never heard of Alexander the Great?" or Julius Caesar, or Michael ...

— Prince Prigio - From "His Own Fairy Book" • Andrew Lang

... Felix's answer had been received, Ferdinand feeling that no one ought to hear of it before the eldest brother. The lovers had met that night at a ball, and their consultation over the letters had taken place in the conservatory, where they had been surprised, and partly overheard, by Mrs. Underwood. When Ferdinand arrived the next morning, he was received with denunciations of underhand ways, and his explanation only made matters worse. A thunderstorm about ingratitude and treachery was launched forth, and he was told ...

— The Pillars of the House, V1 • Charlotte M. Yonge

... consider how many years afterwards, I found a plant on a wall which I do not know. I shall have to trace out its genealogy and emblazon its shield. So many years and still only at the beginning—the beginning, too, of the beginning—for as yet I have not thought of the garden or conservatory flowers (which are wild flowers somewhere), or of the tropics, ...

— The Open Air • Richard Jefferies

... was the refrain of all their conversations. As soon as Madou was crowned, they would all go to Dahomey. Labassandre intended to develop the musical taste of Dahomey, and saw himself the director of a conservatory, and at the head ...

— Jack - 1877 • Alphonse Daudet

... that. He was fond of his work and proud of the garden. Go in that conservatory, doctor, and look at my orchids. His skill ...

— A Life's Eclipse • George Manville Fenn

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