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registry office

noun

, British.
  1. a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.


registry office

noun

  1. a name often used for a register office
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of registry office1

First recorded in 1720–30
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Example Sentences

A clock struck ten as Miss Tallmadge hurriedly led the way up the second flight to the registry-office.

They were married at a registry office, I think, and soon afterwards they went to his home in Italy.

Instead of which she had consented to a mock marriage in a registry-office—and this.

In the matter of vows they let you down easy at the registry office.

Janey told him how they had been married at Ipswich at a Registry Office.

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