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conservancy

[ kuhn-sur-vuhn-see ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural con·serv·an·cies.

conservation of natural resources.
an association dedicated to the protection of the environment and its resources.
British. a commission regulating navigation, fisheries, etc.

conservancy

/ kənˈsɜːvənsɪ /

(in Britain) a court or commission with jurisdiction over a river, port, area of countryside, etc
See conservation
another word for conservation

1550–60; < Medieval Latin conservantia ( conserve, -ancy ); replacing conservacy < Medieval Latin conservātia; -acy

She skewers the Nature Conservancy for sponsoring oil drilling on their property for profit.

Conservancy there was none, and the stench from the streets, the lagoon, and even the bank of the river was sickening.

The Conservancy dredged the bed of the river, and also filled up a bight on the Surrey shore.

Measures of conservancy have been suggested, but their execution would be almost impracticable.

(b) Dry conservancy next after water-carriage is the best and safest system for the removal of human excreta.

These, owing to the large amount of water which they contain, are beyond the reach of any system of dry conservancy.

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