单词 | servatory |
释义 | † servatoryn. Obsolete. 1. Probably: a fishpond. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-pond or -tank fish-poolc950 fish-housec1000 viverc1330 stew1387 piscinaa1398 piscinea1400 fishpondc1440 trunk1440 moat1463 stagnec1470 servatorya1475 viviera1500 fish-stew1552 vivarium1600 shut1605 fish-stove1615 keep1617 estang1628 vivarya1634 nursery1772 preserve1849 whalerya1880 fish tank1957 a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 301 The cowrte, and all the bildyngis, with the gardeyne, and seruatory [L. servatorio]. 2. An object in which something is kept or preserved.In quot. referring to a phylactery (phylactery n. 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > that which preserves from injury or destruction preserverc1487 preservativea1500 servatory1613 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. viii. 120 Their Phylacteries or Seruatories..they [sc. the Pharisees] vsed as Preseruatiues, or Remembrancers of the law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021). < |
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