conservancy

UK: /kənˈsɜːvənsɪ/ US: (kən sûr′vən sē)

Inflections of 'conservancy' (n): npl: conservancies

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con•serv•an•cy  (kən sûr′vən sē), n., pl. -cies. 

1. conservation of natural resources.
2. an association dedicated to the protection of the environment and its resources.
3. [Brit.] a commission regulating navigation, fisheries, etc.

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

con•serv′ant, adj. 

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conservancy / kənˈsɜːvənsɪ/ noun ( -cies)

1. (in Britain) a court or commission with jurisdiction over a river, port, area of countryside, etc
2. another word for conservation2