chancelleries

Variant of chancellery

chancellery definition

chan·cel·lery (c̸han′sə lər ē)

noun pl. chancelleries -·ler·ies

  1. the rank or position of a chancellor
  2. a chancellor's office or the building that houses it
  3. the office of an embassy or consulate
  4. chancery (sense )

Etymology: ME & OFr chancelerie < ML cancellaria

Also sp. chancellory chan′·cel·lory

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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