chancery

noun pl. chanceries

1. a division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, presided over by the Lord High Chancellor of England
2. a court of equity
3. the laws, practice, and proceedings of a court of equity; equity
4. a court of record; office of public archives
5. chancellery (sense )
6. Brit. the political department, or its offices, of an embassy or legation
7. R.C.Ch. the administrative office of a diocese, under the direction of the bishop

Origin: ME chancerie, var. of chancelerie: see chancellery