chancery
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++chan·ce·ry /ˈtʃɑːnsəri $ ˈtʃæn-/ noun [singular] 1. especially British EnglishPG a government office that collects and stores official papers 档案馆[室]，公文保管处2. SCLthe part of the British system of law courts which deals with equity 〔英国的〕衡平法院3. PGthe offices of an official representative of a foreign country 外国大使[领事]馆办公处 SYN chancellery
Examples from the Corpus
chancery• Lanier was a former mayor of Dyersburg before, in 1989, he was elected chancery judge.• He was widely respected for his work as special master in chancery in the Minnesota Railroad Rate cases in 1910.• Photography is not permitted inside embassies but is permitted inside chanceries.• the Delaware Court of Chancery• The smell reminded him vividly of the well-stocked library and quiet chancery of his novice days at Blackfriars.• Furthermore, the chancery clerks or council clerks who kept the records and serviced parliament were also clerics.• The chancery court issued a restraining order forbidding desegregation in September.• The chancery dealt with official communications.• While chanceries were adapting their wares to public needs, they were also evolving new formulae for their princes.Origin chancery (1300-1400) chancellerychan·ce·ry nounChineseSyllable
Corpus that papers collects and office government a official stores
chancery
chan‧ce‧ry /ˈtʃɑːnsəri $ ˈtʃæn-/
noun [singular]
2. the part of the British system of law courts which deals with equity
3. the offices of an official representative of a foreign country
SYN chancellery
chan‧ce‧ry /ˈtʃɑːnsəri $ ˈtʃæn-/
noun [singular] Date: 1300-1400
Origin: chancellery
1. especially British English a government office that collects and stores official papersOrigin: chancellery
2. the part of the British system of law courts which deals with equity
3. the offices of an official representative of a foreign country
SYN chancellery
especially