chancery
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈtʃænsəri/
- Formal
:
chancillería
- Dunny left a will, too, as I discovered while nosing around the chancery clerk's office.
Examples
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I've yet to get any chancery office interested in it.
Blog text (29) -
The chancery is responsible for maintaining public records and official archives in the city.
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Where could we meet to introduce our plan to other priests, knowing that someone would immediately report back to the chancery?
Academic text (2014) -
To be frank, all this has to be taken straight to the chancery or rectory.
Blog text (20) -
I turned to Pittsburgh and contacted the chancery.
Academic text (2014) -
In 1549 and 1550, the publishing output of the Lord God's Chancery reached a remarkable level, even in comparison with other printing centers.
Academic text (2005) -
In the early modern Protestantism of the sixteenth century, the Christian heroes of God's Chancery had already produced an identity-forming place of remembrance.
Academic text (2005) -
The return address was gold-embossed: Chancellor Reuben V. Atlee, 25th Chancery District, Ford County Courthouse, Clanton, Mississippi.
Fiction book (2002) -
Visitors must submit requests to access documents stored in the chancery.
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The chancery's archives contain important historical documents that date back several centuries.
Synonyms
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4.1
A place that keeps old public records, letters, and photographs safe for a long time
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5.9
A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
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9.9
A council in some Christian churches that makes rules and decisions
A court that deals with fairness in legal cases, like trusts and estates
A court that handles disputes about trusts and wills and can order someone to stop actions, not criminal cases
Compounds
- Formal
A court that handles disputes about trusts and wills and can order someone to stop actions, not criminal cases
- Formal
A court that deals with fairness in legal cases, like trusts and estates
Surface Forms
Morphology
chancery = chancellor (semi-transparent) = chancel + ery
Formed with the place/office suffix '-ery' relating to the agent 'chancellor'; the relation is historically correct but the stem and meaning are somewhat specialized, so it may not be fully obvious to learners.
Etymology
Chancery comes from the old Latin root cancelli, which means 'lattice' or 'bars', because important papers were kept in an office set behind a screen. So a chancery is a place that holds official records and archives.