Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salvatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sal-va-to-ry
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where things are preserved; a repository.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: salvatorium

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

salvatories (plural)

Questions

What does salvatory mean?: A place where things are preserved; a repository.
Where does salvatory come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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