conservancy
[kuh n-sur-vuh n-see]
- conservation of natural resources.
- an association dedicated to the protection of the environment and its resources.
- British. a commission regulating navigation, fisheries, etc.
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Origin of conservancy
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Some are built on ground leased from the Conservancy, some on that of private owners.
The ThamesG. E. Mitton
It is the duty of the Conservancy officials to deal with all such stakes.
The ThamesG. E. Mitton
As a matter of fact, if he does not do it, the Conservancy does.
The ThamesG. E. Mitton
Moneys paid to the Conservators to be carried to the Conservancy Fund.
BoatingW. B. Woodgate
There had been an agitation throughout the whole of the Conservancy district.
The Confessions of a PoacherAnonymous
conservancy
- (in Britain) a court or commission with jurisdiction over a river, port, area of countryside, etc
- another word for conservation (def. 2)
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Word Origin and History for conservancy
n.
1755, "commission with jurisdiction over a port or river," from Latin conservant-, present participle stem of conservare (see conserve) + -cy. Earlier was conservacy (mid-15c., Anglo-French conservacie). Meaning "official preservation of undeveloped land" dates from 1859 (first reference is to protection of bo trees in Ceylon).
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