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Brit.a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.[1720-30]
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registry office
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registry office — registry offices N COUNT A registry office is the same as a register office. [mainly BRIT] … English dictionary
registry office — registry .office n a local government building in Britain where you can get married, and where births, marriages, and deaths are officially recorded … Dictionary of contemporary English
registry office — registry ,office noun count a place in the U.K. where births, deaths, and marriages are officially recorded, and where you can get married without a religious ceremony … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
registry office — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms registry office : singular registry office plural registry offices a place in the UK where births, deaths, and marriages are officially recorded and where you can get married without a religious ceremony … English dictionary
registry office — noun Registry office is used before these nouns: ↑wedding … Collocations dictionary
registry office — noun another term for register office (in informal and non official use) … English new terms dictionary
registry office — /ˈrɛdʒəstri ɒfəs/ (say rejuhstree ofuhs) noun 1. an office where births, marriages and deaths are recorded, and civil marriages take place. 2. Obsolete an employment bureau, especially of domestic staff …
registry office — Brit. a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed. [1720 30] … Useful english dictionary
registry office — (British) location where civil marriages are conducted … English contemporary dictionary
registry office — noun (C) a local government building in Britain where you can get married, and where births, marriages, and deaths are officially recorded … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
