conservancy

[kuh n-sur-vuh n-see]

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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.

Origin of conservancy

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

Related formscon·serv·ant, adjective

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Related Words for conservancy

protection, preservation, management, protecting

Examples from the Web for conservancy

Historical Examples of conservancy

Some are built on ground leased from the Conservancy, some on that of private owners.
The Thames
G. E. Mitton
As a matter of fact, if he does not do it, the Conservancy does.
The Thames
G. E. Mitton
It is the duty of the Conservancy officials to deal with all such stakes.
The Thames
G. E. Mitton
Moneys paid to the Conservators to be carried to the Conservancy Fund.
Boating
W. B. Woodgate
There had been an agitation throughout the whole of the Conservancy district.
The Confessions of a Poacher
Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for conservancy

conservancy

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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Word Origin and History for conservancy

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).