Salvatory

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place where things are preserved; a repository. obsolete

    "the admirable powers of Sensation, of Phantalie, of Memory, in what Salvatories or Repositories the species of things past are conserved"

Example

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"the admirable powers of Sensation, of Phantalie, of Memory, in what Salvatories or Repositories the species of things past are conserved"

Etymology

From Latin salvatorium, from salvare (“to save”).

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