chancelleries

Variant of chancellery

noun pl. chancelleries

  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 )

Origin: ME & OFr chancelerie < ML cancellaria

Also sp. chancellory
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