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conservancy

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Noun

HYPHEN

con=serv=an=cy

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun conservancy has 2 senses

conservancy(n = noun.group) - a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river;

is a kind of

commission

committee

conservancy(n = noun.act) - the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.;

is a kind of

conservation

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CIDE DICTIONARY

conservancy, n.

Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use. [1913 Webster]

"[An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

conservancy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 Brit. a commission etc. controlling a port, river, etc. (Thames Conservancy).
2 a body concerned with the preservation of natural resources (Nature Conservancy).
3 conservation; official preservation (of forests etc.).

Etymology

18th-c. alt. of obs. conservacy f. AF conservacie f. AL conservatia f. L conservatio (as conserve)