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con⋅serv⋅a⋅to⋅ry

  [kuhn-sur-vuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] noun, plural -ries, adjective
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–noun
1. a school giving instruction in one or more of the fine or dramatic arts; specifically, a school of music.
2. a greenhouse, usually attached to a dwelling, for growing and displaying plants.
3. Archaic. a place where things are preserved.
–adjective
4. serving or adapted to conserve; preservative.
Origin:
1555–65; < L conservā(re) (see conserve ) + -tory 2 ; in the sense “music school” < F or It; see conservatoire
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www.renaissanceconservatories.com
con·ser·va·to·ry   (kən-sûr'və-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
n.   pl. con·ser·va·to·ries

  1. A greenhouse, especially one in which plants are arranged aesthetically for display, as at a botanical garden.

  2. A school of music or dramatic art.

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Word Origin & History

conservatory 
"greenhouse," 1664, from conserve (q.v.). In sense "school for performing arts" it is recorded from 1842, from It. conservatorio or Fr. conservatoire, originally "hospital for foundlings in which musical education was given."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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