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preservatory

preservatory noun: a preservative.

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.

Adjective

preservatory (comparative more preservatory, superlative most preservatory)

  1. preservative
    • But, all this while, the intentions and endeavours must be no other than preservatory; however it pleaseth God to order the events1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience

Forms of preservatory

Noun
pluralpreservatories
Adjective
comparativemore preservatory
superlativemost preservatory

Questions about preservatory

What does preservatory mean?
Preservatory means a preservative.
What part of speech is preservatory?
Preservatory can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of preservatory?
The plural of preservatory is preservatories.

Words near preservatory in the dictionary

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

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