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preservatories

preservatories is the plural of preservatory.

Meaning of preservatory

Noun

preservatory (plural preservatories)

  1. (obsolete) A preservative.
    • How many Masters have some stately Houses had, in the age of a small Cottage, that hath, as it were, lived, and dyed with her old Master, both dropping down together. Such vain Preservatories of us, are our Inheritances, even once removed: but look on it more Removes off, and continuing in thy...1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English
  2. (obsolete) A room or apparatus in which perishable things can be preserved without decay.

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Questions about preservatories

What is preservatories the plural of?
Preservatories is the plural of preservatory.

Words near preservatories in the dictionary

  1. preservations
  2. preservatise
  3. preservative
  4. preservatives
  5. preservatize
  6. preservatories
  7. preservatory
  8. preserve
  9. preserved
  10. preserved counties
  11. preserved county

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