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Definition of Conservatory

1. Noun. The faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts.

2. Noun. A schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts.

3. Noun. A greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner.

Definition of Conservatory

1. a. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.

2. n. That which preserves from injury.

Definition of Conservatory

1. Adjective. (rare) pertaining to conservation ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) That which preserves from injury. ¹

3. Noun. a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants ¹

4. Noun. a school of music or drama; a conservatoire ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conservatory

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conservatory

conservativisms conservativist conservatize conservatized conservatizes conservatizing conservatoire conservatoires conservator conservator-ward relation

conservatorial conservatories conservators conservatorship conservatorships conservatory (current term) conservatorylike conservatour conserve conserved

conserved sequence conserver conservers conserves conserving conshie conshies consider consider'd considerable

Literary usage of Conservatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Patterson's College and School Directory of the United States and Canada by Homer L. Patterson (1909)
"Quincy conservatory of Music, Quincy. School of Music, Northwestern ... South Bend conservatory. South Bend. Winona conservatory of Music, Winona Lake. ..."

2. The World Almanac and Encyclopedia (1906)
"CINCINNATI conservatory OF MUSIC A Story of Marvellous Achievement—One of the Most Brilliant in America's Musical History. CINCINNATI is -widely known as a ..."

3. The Library, the School and the Child by Ralph Lester Power, John Whitehall Emery (1917)
"New England conservatory of Music Library The New England conservatory of Music on Huntington Avenue has a splendid library of 4300 volumes. ..."

4. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1899)
"Perhaps my ideas differ from those of others as to what a conservatory training should consist of, but after twenty- one years of practical experience, ..."

5. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1870)
"X. Observations by Mr. THOMPSON on the Temperature in the Large conservatory at Chiswick, comparatively with the external Air in shade and against ..."

6. Patterson's College and School Directory of the United States and Canada by Homer L. Patterson (1906)
"Freeze conservatory of Music, Los Angeles. Los Angeles conservatory of Music ... Fort Wayne conservatory of Muele, Ft. Wayne. Indianapolis conservatory of ..."

7. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"The conservatory and greenhouse, although too often regarded as the same, ... As the conservatory is, or rather ought to be, the most elegant and perfect of ..."

8. International Who's who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: A Contemporary by César Saerchinger (1918)
"Fargo College conservatory Dir.: Bertrand A. Orr North Dakota Agricultural College, Department of Music Dir.: Clarence S. Putnam KII.M-IIi-i ilir. ..."

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