conservancy

[ kuh n-sur-vuh n-see ]

/ kənˈsɜr vən si /

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noun, plural con·serv·an·cies.

conservation of natural resources.

an association dedicated to the protection of the environment and its resources.

British. a commission regulating navigation, fisheries, etc.

Words nearby conservancy

consequent stream, consequential, consequentialism, consequently, conservable, conservancy, conservation, conservation biology, conservation grade, conservation law, conservation law

Origin of conservancy

1550–60; < Medieval Latin conservantia (see conserve, -ancy); replacing conservacy < Medieval Latin conservātia; see -acy

OTHER WORDS FROM conservancy

con·serv·ant, adjective

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Examples from the Web for conservancy

Moneys paid to the Conservators to be carried to the Conservancy Fund.
Boating|W. B. Woodgate
The Conservancy dredged the bed of the river, and also filled up a bight on the Surrey shore.
Boating|W. B. Woodgate
The Senator, however, was against it on conservancy grounds, and asked us what we thought of the population of Pisa.
A Voyage of Consolation|Sara Jeannette Duncan
And in 1868 the river Lea, another of the water suppliers, was placed under a Conservancy Board.
The Sanitary Evolution of London|Henry Lorenzo Jephson

There had been an agitation throughout the whole of the Conservancy district.
The Confessions of a Poacher|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for conservancy

conservancy

/ (kənˈsɜːvənsɪ) /

noun plural -cies

(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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conservancy

noun, plural con·serv·an·cies.

Words related to conservancy

Words nearby conservancy

Origin of conservancy

OTHER WORDS FROM conservancy

Examples from the Web for conservancy

British Dictionary definitions for conservancy

noun plural -cies