chancellery

American  

[chan-suh-luh-ree, -sluh-ree, -suhl-ree, chahn-] / ˈtʃæn sə lə ri, -slə ri, -səl ri, ˈtʃɑn- /

noun

plural

chancelleries

1. the position of a chancellor.

2. the office or department of a chancellor.

3. the office attached to an embassy or consulate.

4. a building or room occupied by a chancellor's department.

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chancellery British  

/ ˈtʃɑːnsələrɪ, -slərɪ /

noun

1. the building or room occupied by a chancellor's office

2. the position, rank, or office of a chancellor

3. 1. the residence or office of an embassy or legation

   2. the office of a consulate

4. another name for a diplomatic chancery

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Etymology

Origin of chancellery

1250–1300; Middle English chancellerie < Anglo-French, equivalent to chanceller chancellor + -ie -y ³

Example Sentences

Scholz, whose chances of retaining the chancellery look remote, later insisted that he was "staying cool" about Elon Musk's attacks.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

"They know German companies will run up direct channels to the chancellery," said Andrew Small, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund's Asia program.

From Reuters • Jun. 18, 2023

A Ukrainian flag also was raised outside the chancellery.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

The appointment of a new defense minister in Germany is unlikely to make much of a difference to “big ticket” decisions on military aid, which are made in the chancellery, said Gressel.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

Before the war, the life of Reinhold von Rumpel was pleasant enough: he was a gemologist who ran an appraisal business out of a second-story shop behind Stuttgart’s old chancellery.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr