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Definition of Registry
1. Noun. An official written record of names or events or transactions.
Specialized synonyms: Cadaster, Cadastre, Check Register, Studbook, Rent-roll
Generic synonyms: Written Account, Written Record
Derivative terms: Register, Register, Register, Register, Register
Definition of Registry
1. n. The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.
Definition of Registry
1. Noun. A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept. ¹
2. Noun. A record; an account; a register. ¹
3. Noun. The act of registering; registration ¹
4. Noun. (computing) A database of configurations etc. maintained by the (w Microsoft Windows) operating system. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Registry
1. the act of registering [n -TRIES]
Medical Definition of Registry
1. Although a registry was originally the place (like registry house in edinburgh) where information was collected (in registers), the word registry has also come to mean the collection itself. A registry is usually organised so the data can be analyzed. For example, analysis of data in a tumour registry maintained at a hospital may show a rise in lung cancer among women. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Registry
Literary usage of Registry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and by John Ramsey McCulloch (1852)
"iru un-nt in ih'f book of registry as aforesaid, or within 30 days next ...
or persona shall produce the certificate of registry within either of the said ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1822)
"advances a farther sum of money to the mortgagor, the registry of the intermediate
... If the registry of a deed has been omitted till the subscribing ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"Under " The Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1876," the registrar is also
empowered to issue acknowledgments of registry to industrial and provident ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1901)
"Of registry of the Mortgage. —The mortgagee's right depends very essentially upon
the registry of his mortgage, and upon the priority of that registry. ..."
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