ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge mean? 

• ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (noun)
  The noun ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE has 1 sense:

1. an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science

  Familiarity information: ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.

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• ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (noun)

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Meaning:

An honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Royal Society; Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge

Hypernyms ("Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge" is a kind of...):

academy; honorary society (an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature)