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conservatorium

British  
/ kənˌsɜːvəˈtɔːrɪəm /

noun

  1. the usual term for conservatoire

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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 Garnett, Constance

She wished a portion of it to be devoted to our instruction in music, vocal and instrumental, at any German conservatorium we might select.

From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie

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 Lahee, Henry C.

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 Betham-Edwards, Matilda

An Art Union was founded in 1826, and a musical conservatorium in 1870 under the direction of the composers N. W. Gade and J. P. E. Hartmann.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various