salvatoryn.
/ˈsalvətəri/ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > for ointments or unguents
alabastrumOE
alabaster1548
salvatory1549
salve-box1663
alabastron1816
1549 Will of Thomas Laund (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/32) f. 293v A salvatory of syluer.
1561 Will of Thomas Vicary in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. vi. 189 My best plaister box, garnisshed with siluer, my salvitory of siluer.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 24 The Saluatory if it containe vj. seuerall vnguents it is sufficient for any present vse.
1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy iv. ii. sig. K Thou art a box of worme-seede, at best, but a saluatory Of greene mummey.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 438/1 The Surgeons Salvator or Salvatory, or his Box of Unguents..is a Box with a Lid made generally of Latin or Tin.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Salvatory, a Surgeon's Box, with Partitions, to hold several sorts of Salves, Ointments, and Balsams.
1715 London Gaz. No. 5370/4 A Salvatore furnished with Balsam.
2. gen. A repository for safe storage. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > place of safe storage
chesta700
cofferc1300
aumbry1356
salvatorya1676
safe deposit1706
lock-up1843
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iv. 156 When I consider..the admirable powers of Sensation, of Phantasie, of Memory, in what Salvatories or Repositories the Species of things past are conserved.
1863 J. Ingelow Dead Year in Poems 98 ‘All the kings of the nations lie in glory’ [see Isaiah 14:18]; Cased in cedar, and shut in a sacred gloom;..Silent they rest, in solemn salvatory.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
salvatoryadj.
/ˈsalvətəri/ rare.
Saving, imparting safety or salvation (to).
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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [adjective] > that rescues or delivers
saving?c1425
rescuing1574
salvific1591
salvatory1830
1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 525 Such and such redeeming points..these salvatory accidents.
1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. I. xvii. 131 To aid us in our salvatory endeavours [viz. to save a convict from execution].
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xi. 160 Fine feat, salvatory to the Cause of Liberty, and destructive of French influence.
1898 M. M. Dowie Crook of Bough 124 The raw young thinker who believes in the salvatory power of education.
1921 Challenge 18 Feb. 241/2 Salvatory and reconstructive work.
1922 J. Y. Simpson Man & Attainm. Immortality xiv. 334 The fact of Christ remains, solitary and salvatory.
1958 J. Lodwick Bid Soldiers Shoot iii. vii. 222 The murderer has but a single advantage: the patient police, who, in extended order, beat the bush in search of him, or of the macabre trouvaille of his hastily buried victim, do not..believe that they will encounter either, personally. Therefore, when they do..a salvatory hiatus follows.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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