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registry office
noun
, British.
- a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.
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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.
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They were married at a registry office, I think, and soon afterwards they went to his home in Italy.
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Instead of which she had consented to a mock marriage in a registry-office—and this.
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In the matter of vows they let you down easy at the registry office.
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Janey told him how they had been married at Ipswich at a Registry Office.
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