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conservatoria

records office; registry (public)

noun kon-ser-vah-TOH-ryah Rare
People & Society Law

Usage Note

Conservatoria in Italian bureaucratic language denotes a public registry office, especially for real-estate records: the Conservatoria dei Registri Immobiliari (land registry). Do not confuse with conservatorio (music conservatory, masculine). The feminine gender follows the -ia ending convention for institutional names.

Examples

"Ha consultato la conservatoria per verificare la proprietà."

Natural Translation

He consulted the registry to verify the ownership.

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