Definition of Chancellery

1. Noun. A government building housing the office of a chancellor.

Generic synonyms: Government Building

Definition of Chancellery

1. n. Chancellorship.

Definition of Chancellery

1. Noun. The rank or office of a chancellor. ¹

2. Noun. The building in which such an office is situated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chancellery

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chancellery

chance on
chance one's arm
chance upon
chance variable
chance would be a fine thing
chanceable
chanceably
chanced
chanceful
chancel
chancel organ
chanceler
chanceless
chanceller
chancelleries
chancellery (current term)
chancellor
chancellories
chancellors
chancellorship
chancellorships
chancellory
chancellour
chancellours
chancellourship
chancelor
chancelour
chancelry
chancels
chancer

Literary usage of Chancellery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1915)
"3 The official records of judicial proceedings (" placita ") were prepared by the royal chancellery upon his attestations and under his guarantee. ..."

2. Modern Constitutions: A Collection of the Fundamental Laws of Twenty-two of by Walter Fairleigh Dodd (1908)
"FEDERAL chancellery ART. 105. A Federal chancellery, at the head of which is placed the chancellor of the Confederation, shall perform the duties of ..."

3. The Empire of the Tsars and the Russians by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu (1898)
"CHAPTER V. The State Police—The Late Third Section of the Imperial chancellery and the Gendarmerie—Its Manner of Proceeding and its Inefficiency— Causes of ..."

4. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith (1921)
"from the metal seal or bulla (in the papal chancellery almost always of lead), affixed to the document in certification thereof. ..."

5. Studies in the History of Venice by Horatio Forbes Brown (1907)
"It will easily be seen how important the ducal chancellery is, both for the verification of dates ... But important as the ducal chancellery undoubtedly is, ..."

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