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conservatorium

British  
/ kənˌsɜːvəˈtɔːrɪəm /

noun

  1. the usual term for conservatoire

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As she talked to him she kept looking about at the audience and greeting acquaintances; they were her fellow-students at the higher courses and at the conservatorium, and her pupils.

From The Darling and Other Stories by Constance Garnett

In 1844, then, he went to Vienna, where Jansa took up his cause and eventually obtained for him admission to the conservatorium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

I was at once shown over the spacious, airy, well-kept building—school of art and conservatorium of music in one, both built, set on foot, and maintained by the municipality.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Matilda Betham-Edwards

In 1867 he succeeded his former master of counterpoint, Sechter, as organist of the Hofkapelle in Vienna, and also became professor in the conservatorium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

A couple of days later he was captured by the vice-president of the conservatorium, and taken back to Naples.

From Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee

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