Reservatory

Reservatory
Reservatory Re*serv"a*to*ry (-t?-r?), n. [LL. reservatorium,fr. L. resservare. See {Reserve}, v. t., and cf. {Reservior}.] A place in which things are reserved or kept. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]

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