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Definition of conservancy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

conservancy

noun
 
/kənˈsɜːvənsi/
 
/kənˈsɜːrvənsi/
(plural conservancies)
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  1. often Conservancy
     [countable] a group of officials who control the use of a port, a river, an area of land, etc.
    • the Thames Conservancy
    • Texas Nature Conservancy
  2. [uncountable] (formal) the protection of the natural environment synonym conservation
    • nature conservancy
    Topics The environmentc2
    3. Word Originmid 18th cent.: alteration of obsolete conservacy, from Anglo-Norman French conservacie, via Anglo-Latin from Latin conservatio, from the verb conservare ‘to preserve’, from con- ‘together’ + servare ‘to keep’.
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