Definition of chancellery
chancelleries
orchancellories
1a : the position, court, or department of a chancellorb : the building or room where a chancellor's office is located
2 : the office of secretary of the court of a person high in authority
3 : the office or staff of an embassy or consulate
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Examples of chancellery in a Sentence
The prime minister will speak at the State Chancellery this afternoon.
greeted by members of the chancellery
Recent Examples of chancellery from the Web
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Replacing U.S. Ahead of the Brussels meeting, Merkel received Li at the chancellery in Berlin for talks on Wednesday.
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And it was further inflamed Tuesday at 6:40 a.m. Washington time when Trump fired a white-hot shot straight at Berlin's glass-and-concrete chancellery.
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And it was further enflamed Tuesday at 6:40 a.m. Washington time when Trump fired a white-hot shot straight at Berlin’s glass-and-concrete chancellery.
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First Known Use of chancellery
14th century
CHANCELLERY Defined for English Language Learners
chancellery
playDefinition of chancellery for English Language Learners
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: the department of a chancellor or the building where a chancellor's office is located
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: the people who work in the department of a chancellor
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