Word Study
conservancy
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]
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.).
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)
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