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salvatory

salvatory noun: a place where things are preserved; a repository.

Noun

salvatory (plural salvatories)

  1. (obsolete) A 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 conserveda. 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, […]...

Forms of salvatory

pluralsalvatories

Origin of salvatory

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

Questions about salvatory

What does salvatory mean?
Salvatory means a place where things are preserved; a repository.
What part of speech is salvatory?
Salvatory is a noun.
What is the plural of salvatory?
The plural of salvatory is salvatories.

Words near salvatory in the dictionary

  1. Salvatore
  2. Salvatorian
  3. Salvatorians
  4. salvatories
  5. salvators
  6. salvatory
  7. Salvatos
  8. salve
  9. salve bug
  10. salve bugs
  11. Salve Regina

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