conservatoryn.

Brit.

/kənˈsəːvət(ə)ri/,

/ˌkɒnsəːˈveɪt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/kənˈsərvəˌtɔri/

Forms: 1500s–1600s conseruatorie, 1500s– conservatory, 1600s conseruatory, 1600s conservatorie; also Scottish pre-1700 conseruatorie, pre-1700 conseruatourie, pre-1700 conseruatoury, pre-1700 conseruatry, pre-1700 conservatorie.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin conservatorium.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin conservatorium that which preserves (4th cent.), fish pond (14th cent.), strongbox (16th cent. in Scottish sources), greenhouse for tender flowers or plants (1622 in a British source), use as noun of neuter of conservatorius , adjective (see conservatory adj.); compare -ory suffix¹.In sense 2a after Italian conservatorio (1619 in the passage translated in quot. 1620). With sense 2b compare French conservatoire conservatoire n., Italian conservatorio conservatorio n., German Konservatorium conservatorium n.

†1. Something which preserves or conserves; a preservative or preserving agent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > one who or that which preserves from decay, etc. > that which preserves from decay, loss, etc.

conservea1393

conservativea1398

preservative?a1439

conservator?1440

preservationc1475

preserve1554

conservatory1563

conservice1607

conservatorship1645

preservatory1654

balsam1658

amber1785

embalmer1838

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Iiii.i ^v The auncient Catholyke fathers..were not afrayde to call this [sc. the Lord's] Supper..the foode of immortalitie..and the conseruatory to euerlastyng lyfe.

1650 H. Brooke (title) A conservatory of health.

1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium xix. 371 A tree appointed to be the cure of diseases and a conservatory of life.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. Rule 7 §1 Non concupisces is the apex juris: it is the conservatory and the last duty of every commandment.

a. Chiefly in Italy: a hospital or school for orphans and foundlings. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children

conservatory1620

orphanotrophium1673

orphan house1711

orphanotrophy1727

orphan hospital1736

foundling-house1750

foundling-hospital1756

orphan asylum1806

children's home1839

orphanage1865

protectory1865

orphanry1869

police orphanage1872

Pestalozzi children's village1946

1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent iv. 353 The Conseruatories [It. le conseruatorie] of these, should, by no meanes, be touched.

1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples 100 An intention he had to make it [sc. a palace] A Conservatory for poor Maidens.

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 837 The Monasteries..with a Conservatory of Orphans, are all shook down.

1798 J. Salmon Descr. Wks. Art Anc. & Mod. Rome I. 124 Pius IV. converted it [sc. the castle St Angelo] into a conservatory for poor orphan girls.

1875 Catholic World Aug. 674/2 Only one piece of gold was reserved, and that she sent on the following day to a conservatory, to clothe a little orphan girl of her own age.

1982 Mnemosyne 35 135 (note) The founding of a conservatory for indigent girls [in Florence in 1454].

2001 Renaissance Q. 54 1331 Cosimo I ordered the Captains to drop their subsidies to Florence's single conservatory, the Ospedale delle Abbandonate.

b. Now chiefly U.S. A school or academy of music; = conservatoire n.Cf. conservatorium n., conservatorio n.The Italian conservatorios were the earliest of these institutions, and originated in hospitals for the rearing of foundlings and orphans (see sense 2a), in which a musical education was given.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > place of performance or practice > [noun] > conservatory

conservatorio1770

conservatory1789

conservatoire1823

conservatorium1841

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France (Dublin ed.) 123 Apropos to singing;—we were this evening carried to a well-known conservatory [in Venice] called the Mendicanti; who performed an oratorio in the church.

1797 Biogr. Anecd. Founders French Republic I. 403 As the inspector of the national conservatory of music, his patriotic songs have frequently been subjects of severe criticisms.

1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook (1883) I. 157 You are going to study at the conservatory in Milan?

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 10 The chief public institution in New York for teaching music is the New York Conservatory of Music.

1928 S. Vines Humours Unreconciled 252 Music was ‘bulling’ in Japan and the Conservatory crammed to bursting point.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 2 Oct. 18/4 Boudreau..went on to Juilliard and the Paris Conservatory.

2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics iv. 215 Pipa music..has retained its traditional style more than most Chinese music taught at the conservatories.

3. A place where things are preserved, conserved, or kept safely; a storehouse, repository. Also figurative. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored

aumbry1356

promptuary?a1425

repository1485

staple1523

magazine1583

reposement1592

repertory1593

rendezvous1608

reserve1612

conservatory1624

reconditory1633

dormerc1640

stowagea1641

depositum1646

repositary1650

magazine storehousea1654

deposit1719

reservoir1739

battery1748

depository1750

storage1775

depot1795

depositary1797

repertorium1797

rua1831

stowaway1913

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 108 Gardens, Fountaines, Groues, Conseruatories of rare Beasts, Birds, and Fishes.

1642 Declar. Lords & Comm. 26 May 11 The fountaine and Conservatory of the law.

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §5. 43 That know no other use of closets then as a conservatory of gauds and baubles.

1726 R. Neve City & Country Purchaser (ed. 2) at Building A Place..for a Conservatory of the Meats that are taken from Tables.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 50 The great conservatories and magazines of our rights and privileges.

1805 Ann. Reg. 846 If the breeding pond should fail to answer this purpose, it will at least serve as a conservatory for fish of small size.

1833 J. G. Aikin Digest Laws State of Alabama Introd. iv A history of the legislation of the country—..a conservatory of the valuable lights which disciplined minds have shed upon the path of jurisprudence.

1900 A. R. Spofford Bk. for all Readers ix. 181 The Congressional Library at Washington is our great National conservatory of books.

1999 Amer. Hist. Rev. 104 1729/1 Bisson exposes a conservatory of human emotions.

†4. A place for preserving snow or ice unmelted; an ice house. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > for ice or snow

conservatory1626

snow-house1662

ice house1666

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §70 A Conservatory of Snow and Ice; such as they use for delicacy, to cool Wine in Summer.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 50 Any Minerall solution..placed in cold conservatories, will Crystallise.

1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 167 In a Deep Well, or in a Conservatory of Snow..the Cold may be more Constringent.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 138 By it's exceeding height, it [sc. Libanus] proves a conservatory for abundance of snow.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Life Preserved..as a fly, or ant, in amber; a flower, or fruit, or wood, in a conservatory of snow.

1821 A. Ure Dict. Chem. at Congelation These [baskets of ice] are now carried to a conservatory made by sinking a pit 14 or 15 feet deep.

†5. A reservoir of water. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir

recluse1593

conservera1614

reserver1615

conservatory1626

tank1634

reservatory1666

reservoir1686

kund1837

impounding reservoir1875

catch basin1884

spring box1887

tank1898

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §396 Conseruatories of Raine-water, (such as they haue in Venice, &c.).

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 68 The Water running down..into the Bottom of the Basins or Conservatories.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 26 Heads of Water, which are Conservatories for the Fountains.

1779 A. MacBean Dict. Bible at Ark Calmet thinks it was only what we call the keel of ships, and served for a conservatory of fresh water.

1818 J. Russell Jrnl. in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1917–18 (1918) 476 We next went to view the remains of an ancient conservatory of water.

1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 947/2 Reservoir, a conservatory of water. The husbanding of water is now becoming a subject of peculiar interest to the English agriculturist.

6. Originally: a greenhouse, either free-standing or attached to a house, for cultivating or keeping delicate flowers or plants; (in modern use) a living room with a glass roof and glass wall panels, often one constructed on the back or side of a house, used as a sun lounge or for growing indoor plants. (Now the most common use.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > conservatory

conservatory1664

conserve1664

infirmary1707

winter garden1736

plant house1800

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xx. 49 The American Yucca..will suffer our sharpest Winter..without that trouble..of setting it in Cases in our Conservatories.

1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 63 in Sylva With the windows, and doors of the Green-houses and Conservatories open.

1691 London Gaz. No. 2674/4 A new Conservatory, or Green-House.

1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 166 An Hygrometer in the..Conservatory, by which we might regulate the over Moisture or Damps in the Air of the House.

1782 European Mag. & London Rev. Aug. 87/1 The idea of a Conservatory opening by a folding door into his saloon, is too fine to be left unfinished.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. vii. 138 The present proprietor had rendered it [sc. the parlour] more cheerful by opening one end into a small conservatory..I have never before seen this.

1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 74 I..found her in the conservatory, fumigating the plants.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 149/2 Not merely the keeping of pot plants..in various parts of the house, but also the raising of other subjects from seeds or cuttings in flats..[and] conservatories.

1968 Times 10 Aug. 23/5 (advt.) Loft conversions, home extensions and conservatories. Tailor made to suit your home.

1988 W. Russell One for the Road (rev. ed.) ii, in Shirley Valentine & One for the Road (1993) 90 I know there's a world out there—a world beyond..double glazed conservatories..and weight watchers.

2006 Build It May 154/1 (advt.) The proposed accommodation would consist of lounge/dining room, breakfasting kitchen, conservatory, four bedrooms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

conservatoryadj.

Brit.

/kənˈsəːvət(ə)ri/, U.S.

/kənˈsərvəˌtɔri/

Forms: 1500s–1600s conseruatorie, 1500s–1600s conservatorie, 1600s– conservatory.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin conservatorius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin conservatorius preservative (4th cent.), of or for a protector or conservator (from 13th cent. in British sources; from 14th cent. in continental sources), either < classical Latin cōnservāt- , past participial stem of cōnservāre conserve v. + -ōrius -ory suffix², or < classical Latin cōnservātor conservator n. + -ius , suffix forming adjectives. Compare earlier conservative adj.In cause conservatory (see quot. 1576 at sense 1) ultimately after Hellenistic Greek αἴτια ϕυλακτικά (Galen). In sense 2a after French conservatoire that preserves or maintains someone or something (a1377 in Middle French in lieu conservatoire place for storing something; 1567 in juge conservatoire judge who presides over the maintenance of University privileges; 1769 in actes conservatoires acts intended to preserve certain rights).

Now rare.

1. That preserves, or tends to preserve, something; = conservative adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving from decay, loss, or destruction

conservative?a1425

conservatory1576

conserving1584

salvative1653

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vii. f. 46 v Galene calleth them, causes conservatorie [L. causae conseruatrices].

1642 J. Spelman Certain Considerations Duties Prince & People 21 The protection and care of them..committed into the hands of some conservatory power.

1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 143 Souvrain and conservatory influence.

1765 tr. A. Goudar Chinese Spy IV. xxxix. 114 The prince has a creative but not a conservatory power; he may make, but not destroy.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xi. 140 Any motive which..acts in the character of a restraining motive, may be styled a..conservatory, preservatory, or preserving motive.

1833 C. Lamb Barrenness Imaginative Faculty in Last Ess. Elia 181 The Vessel that was to be conservatory of the wrecks of the species of drowned mankind.

1980 Encycl. Islam (new ed.) Suppl. fasc. 1, 116/2 Theories about the attraction of the Bedouin way of life..and..the conservatory role of the desert in upholding certain very persistent traditions.

2006 Frontiers (Nexis) Sept. 111 Her private journal writings continued to record often solitary activities..as celebratory and conservatory acts.

†a. In France, or in French contexts (chiefly with reference to the post-revolutionary constitution of France): that preserves or maintains someone or something in an existing state. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1799 S. T. Coleridge in Morning Post 26 Dec. The great all-electing conservatory Senators.

1800 Ann. Reg. 1799 488/2 The conservatory senate and the consuls proceeded to the nomination of the members of the respective administrations.

1801 Ann. Reg. 1800 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 56/1 A conservatory jury..which was to name, from popular lists, the legislative bodies.

1818 Times 4 Aug. 2 France loudly proclaims that she is already sufficiently guarded..by the conservatory principles which the Monarch has proclaimed.

1826 tr. F. A. Mignet Hist. French Revol. II. xiv. 311 Finally, there existed..a conservatory body,..simply destined to provide for the regular existence of the state.

b. gen. That conserves or favours the conservation of a traditional system, structure, etc.; = conservative adj. 2. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [adjective] > opposed to change

Tory1651

unprogressive1722

conservative1802

old-line1803

improgressive1809

old school1816

conservatory1822

conservatist1835

unmarching1837

mossbacked1876

mossy1904

passéist1914

pastist1921

Luddite1957

1822 Ann. Reg. 1820 (Otridge ed.) ii. App. to Chron. 795/1 For the advantage of conservatory and truly liberal ideas.

1845 Era 17 Aug. The aggregation of Texas to the United States tramples under foot all the conservatory principles of societies.

1977 Times 20 Aug. 1/5 Most unpromising territory for the Conservative Party and a Conservatory victory.

3. Of, belonging to, or designating a conservator or conservators (in various senses). rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [adjective] > relating to river conservator

conservatory1881

1881 Daily News 13 Sept. 6/5 The conservatory steam launch came upon a number of fishermen..with illegal nets.

1882 Times 17 Aug. 11 The owners of private rights of fishery in the Upper Thames, some of the persons claiming these private rights being..members of the Conservatory body.

1921 New Castle (Pa.) News 15 Mar. 15 Clinton G. Abbott, secretary of the conservatory commission, said today that he believed that there soon would be legislation..to lift the ban on beaver trapping.

2004 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Little Rock) (Nexis) 14 Nov. In addition to her conservatory role in the Met's costuming department, Paulocik is one of the Met's art couriers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conservatory
释义	conservatoryn. Brit. /kənˈsəːvət(ə)ri/, /ˌkɒnsəːˈveɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /kənˈsərvəˌtɔri/ Forms: 1500s–1600s conseruatorie, 1500s– conservatory, 1600s conseruatory, 1600s conservatorie; also Scottish pre-1700 conseruatorie, pre-1700 conseruatourie, pre-1700 conseruatoury, pre-1700 conseruatry, pre-1700 conservatorie. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin conservatorium. Etymology: < post-classical Latin conservatorium that which preserves (4th cent.), fish pond (14th cent.), strongbox (16th cent. in Scottish sources), greenhouse for tender flowers or plants (1622 in a British source), use as noun of neuter of conservatorius , adjective (see conservatory adj.); compare -ory suffix¹.In sense 2a after Italian conservatorio (1619 in the passage translated in quot. 1620). With sense 2b compare French conservatoire conservatoire n., Italian conservatorio conservatorio n., German Konservatorium conservatorium n. †1. Something which preserves or conserves; a preservative or preserving agent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > one who or that which preserves from decay, etc. > that which preserves from decay, loss, etc. conservea1393 conservativea1398 preservative?a1439 conservator?1440 preservationc1475 preserve1554 conservatory1563 conservice1607 conservatorship1645 preservatory1654 balsam1658 amber1785 embalmer1838 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Iiii.i ^v The auncient Catholyke fathers..were not afrayde to call this [sc. the Lord's] Supper..the foode of immortalitie..and the conseruatory to euerlastyng lyfe. 1650 H. Brooke (title) A conservatory of health. 1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium xix. 371 A tree appointed to be the cure of diseases and a conservatory of life. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. Rule 7 §1 Non concupisces is the apex juris: it is the conservatory and the last duty of every commandment. 2. a. Chiefly in Italy: a hospital or school for orphans and foundlings. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for orphans or children conservatory1620 orphanotrophium1673 orphan house1711 orphanotrophy1727 orphan hospital1736 foundling-house1750 foundling-hospital1756 orphan asylum1806 children's home1839 orphanage1865 protectory1865 orphanry1869 police orphanage1872 Pestalozzi children's village1946 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent iv. 353 The Conseruatories [It. le conseruatorie] of these, should, by no meanes, be touched. 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples 100 An intention he had to make it [sc. a palace] A Conservatory for poor Maidens. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 837 The Monasteries..with a Conservatory of Orphans, are all shook down. 1798 J. Salmon Descr. Wks. Art Anc. & Mod. Rome I. 124 Pius IV. converted it [sc. the castle St Angelo] into a conservatory for poor orphan girls. 1875 Catholic World Aug. 674/2 Only one piece of gold was reserved, and that she sent on the following day to a conservatory, to clothe a little orphan girl of her own age. 1982 Mnemosyne 35 135 (note) The founding of a conservatory for indigent girls [in Florence in 1454]. 2001 Renaissance Q. 54 1331 Cosimo I ordered the Captains to drop their subsidies to Florence's single conservatory, the Ospedale delle Abbandonate. b. Now chiefly U.S. A school or academy of music; = conservatoire n.Cf. conservatorium n., conservatorio n.The Italian conservatorios were the earliest of these institutions, and originated in hospitals for the rearing of foundlings and orphans (see sense 2a), in which a musical education was given. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > place of performance or practice > [noun] > conservatory conservatorio1770 conservatory1789 conservatoire1823 conservatorium1841 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France (Dublin ed.) 123 Apropos to singing;—we were this evening carried to a well-known conservatory [in Venice] called the Mendicanti; who performed an oratorio in the church. 1797 Biogr. Anecd. Founders French Republic I. 403 As the inspector of the national conservatory of music, his patriotic songs have frequently been subjects of severe criticisms. 1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook (1883) I. 157 You are going to study at the conservatory in Milan? 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 10 The chief public institution in New York for teaching music is the New York Conservatory of Music. 1928 S. Vines Humours Unreconciled 252 Music was ‘bulling’ in Japan and the Conservatory crammed to bursting point. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 2 Oct. 18/4 Boudreau..went on to Juilliard and the Paris Conservatory. 2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics iv. 215 Pipa music..has retained its traditional style more than most Chinese music taught at the conservatories. 3. A place where things are preserved, conserved, or kept safely; a storehouse, repository. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored aumbry1356 promptuary?a1425 repository1485 staple1523 magazine1583 reposement1592 repertory1593 rendezvous1608 reserve1612 conservatory1624 reconditory1633 dormerc1640 stowagea1641 depositum1646 repositary1650 magazine storehousea1654 deposit1719 reservoir1739 battery1748 depository1750 storage1775 depot1795 depositary1797 repertorium1797 rua1831 stowaway1913 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 108 Gardens, Fountaines, Groues, Conseruatories of rare Beasts, Birds, and Fishes. 1642 Declar. Lords & Comm. 26 May 11 The fountaine and Conservatory of the law. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §5. 43 That know no other use of closets then as a conservatory of gauds and baubles. 1726 R. Neve City & Country Purchaser (ed. 2) at Building A Place..for a Conservatory of the Meats that are taken from Tables. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 50 The great conservatories and magazines of our rights and privileges. View more context for this quotation 1805 Ann. Reg. 846 If the breeding pond should fail to answer this purpose, it will at least serve as a conservatory for fish of small size. 1833 J. G. Aikin Digest Laws State of Alabama Introd. iv A history of the legislation of the country—..a conservatory of the valuable lights which disciplined minds have shed upon the path of jurisprudence. 1900 A. R. Spofford Bk. for all Readers ix. 181 The Congressional Library at Washington is our great National conservatory of books. 1999 Amer. Hist. Rev. 104 1729/1 Bisson exposes a conservatory of human emotions. †4. A place for preserving snow or ice unmelted; an ice house. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > for ice or snow conservatory1626 snow-house1662 ice house1666 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §70 A Conservatory of Snow and Ice; such as they use for delicacy, to cool Wine in Summer. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 50 Any Minerall solution..placed in cold conservatories, will Crystallise. View more context for this quotation 1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 167 In a Deep Well, or in a Conservatory of Snow..the Cold may be more Constringent. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 138 By it's exceeding height, it [sc. Libanus] proves a conservatory for abundance of snow. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Life Preserved..as a fly, or ant, in amber; a flower, or fruit, or wood, in a conservatory of snow. 1821 A. Ure Dict. Chem. at Congelation These [baskets of ice] are now carried to a conservatory made by sinking a pit 14 or 15 feet deep. †5. A reservoir of water. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir recluse1593 conservera1614 reserver1615 conservatory1626 tank1634 reservatory1666 reservoir1686 kund1837 impounding reservoir1875 catch basin1884 spring box1887 tank1898 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §396 Conseruatories of Raine-water, (such as they haue in Venice, &c.). 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 68 The Water running down..into the Bottom of the Basins or Conservatories. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 26 Heads of Water, which are Conservatories for the Fountains. 1779 A. MacBean Dict. Bible at Ark Calmet thinks it was only what we call the keel of ships, and served for a conservatory of fresh water. 1818 J. Russell Jrnl. in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1917–18 (1918) 476 We next went to view the remains of an ancient conservatory of water. 1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 947/2 Reservoir, a conservatory of water. The husbanding of water is now becoming a subject of peculiar interest to the English agriculturist. 6. Originally: a greenhouse, either free-standing or attached to a house, for cultivating or keeping delicate flowers or plants; (in modern use) a living room with a glass roof and glass wall panels, often one constructed on the back or side of a house, used as a sun lounge or for growing indoor plants. (Now the most common use.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > conservatory conservatory1664 conserve1664 infirmary1707 winter garden1736 plant house1800 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xx. 49 The American Yucca..will suffer our sharpest Winter..without that trouble..of setting it in Cases in our Conservatories. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 63 in Sylva With the windows, and doors of the Green-houses and Conservatories open. 1691 London Gaz. No. 2674/4 A new Conservatory, or Green-House. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 166 An Hygrometer in the..Conservatory, by which we might regulate the over Moisture or Damps in the Air of the House. 1782 European Mag. & London Rev. Aug. 87/1 The idea of a Conservatory opening by a folding door into his saloon, is too fine to be left unfinished. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. vii. 138 The present proprietor had rendered it [sc. the parlour] more cheerful by opening one end into a small conservatory..I have never before seen this. 1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 74 I..found her in the conservatory, fumigating the plants. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 149/2 Not merely the keeping of pot plants..in various parts of the house, but also the raising of other subjects from seeds or cuttings in flats..[and] conservatories. 1968 Times 10 Aug. 23/5 (advt.) Loft conversions, home extensions and conservatories. Tailor made to suit your home. 1988 W. Russell One for the Road (rev. ed.) ii, in Shirley Valentine & One for the Road (1993) 90 I know there's a world out there—a world beyond..double glazed conservatories..and weight watchers. 2006 Build It May 154/1 (advt.) The proposed accommodation would consist of lounge/dining room, breakfasting kitchen, conservatory, four bedrooms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). conservatoryadj. Brit. /kənˈsəːvət(ə)ri/, U.S. /kənˈsərvəˌtɔri/ Forms: 1500s–1600s conseruatorie, 1500s–1600s conservatorie, 1600s– conservatory. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin conservatorius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin conservatorius preservative (4th cent.), of or for a protector or conservator (from 13th cent. in British sources; from 14th cent. in continental sources), either < classical Latin cōnservāt- , past participial stem of cōnservāre conserve v. + -ōrius -ory suffix², or < classical Latin cōnservātor conservator n. + -ius , suffix forming adjectives. Compare earlier conservative adj.In cause conservatory (see quot. 1576 at sense 1) ultimately after Hellenistic Greek αἴτια ϕυλακτικά (Galen). In sense 2a after French conservatoire that preserves or maintains someone or something (a1377 in Middle French in lieu conservatoire place for storing something; 1567 in juge conservatoire judge who presides over the maintenance of University privileges; 1769 in actes conservatoires acts intended to preserve certain rights). Now rare. 1. That preserves, or tends to preserve, something; = conservative adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving from decay, loss, or destruction conservative?a1425 conservatory1576 conserving1584 salvative1653 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vii. f. 46 v Galene calleth them, causes conservatorie [L. causae conseruatrices]. 1642 J. Spelman Certain Considerations Duties Prince & People 21 The protection and care of them..committed into the hands of some conservatory power. 1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 143 Souvrain and conservatory influence. 1765 tr. A. Goudar Chinese Spy IV. xxxix. 114 The prince has a creative but not a conservatory power; he may make, but not destroy. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xi. 140 Any motive which..acts in the character of a restraining motive, may be styled a..conservatory, preservatory, or preserving motive. 1833 C. Lamb Barrenness Imaginative Faculty in Last Ess. Elia 181 The Vessel that was to be conservatory of the wrecks of the species of drowned mankind. 1980 Encycl. Islam (new ed.) Suppl. fasc. 1, 116/2 Theories about the attraction of the Bedouin way of life..and..the conservatory role of the desert in upholding certain very persistent traditions. 2006 Frontiers (Nexis) Sept. 111 Her private journal writings continued to record often solitary activities..as celebratory and conservatory acts. 2. †a. In France, or in French contexts (chiefly with reference to the post-revolutionary constitution of France): that preserves or maintains someone or something in an existing state. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1799 S. T. Coleridge in Morning Post 26 Dec. The great all-electing conservatory Senators. 1800 Ann. Reg. 1799 488/2 The conservatory senate and the consuls proceeded to the nomination of the members of the respective administrations. 1801 Ann. Reg. 1800 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 56/1 A conservatory jury..which was to name, from popular lists, the legislative bodies. 1818 Times 4 Aug. 2 France loudly proclaims that she is already sufficiently guarded..by the conservatory principles which the Monarch has proclaimed. 1826 tr. F. A. Mignet Hist. French Revol. II. xiv. 311 Finally, there existed..a conservatory body,..simply destined to provide for the regular existence of the state. b. gen. That conserves or favours the conservation of a traditional system, structure, etc.; = conservative adj. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [adjective] > opposed to change Tory1651 unprogressive1722 conservative1802 old-line1803 improgressive1809 old school1816 conservatory1822 conservatist1835 unmarching1837 mossbacked1876 mossy1904 passéist1914 pastist1921 Luddite1957 1822 Ann. Reg. 1820 (Otridge ed.) ii. App. to Chron. 795/1 For the advantage of conservatory and truly liberal ideas. 1845 Era 17 Aug. The aggregation of Texas to the United States tramples under foot all the conservatory principles of societies. 1977 Times 20 Aug. 1/5 Most unpromising territory for the Conservative Party and a Conservatory victory. 3. Of, belonging to, or designating a conservator or conservators (in various senses). rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [adjective] > relating to river conservator conservatory1881 1881 Daily News 13 Sept. 6/5 The conservatory steam launch came upon a number of fishermen..with illegal nets. 1882 Times 17 Aug. 11 The owners of private rights of fishery in the Upper Thames, some of the persons claiming these private rights being..members of the Conservatory body. 1921 New Castle (Pa.) News 15 Mar. 15 Clinton G. Abbott, secretary of the conservatory commission, said today that he believed that there soon would be legislation..to lift the ban on beaver trapping. 2004 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Little Rock) (Nexis) 14 Nov. In addition to her conservatory role in the Met's costuming department, Paulocik is one of the Met's art couriers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563adj.1576
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