chancellery

noun chan·cel·lery \ ˈchan(t)-s(ə-)lə-rē , -səl-rē \

variants: or chancellory

Updated on: 27 Mar 2018

Definition of chancellery

plural chancelleries or chancellories

1 a : the position, court, or department of a chancellor

b : 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

The chancellery in Berlin says Merkel has repeatedly made her trade stance clear to Trump and won’t shy away from backing European Union retaliation.

— patrick donahue, Bloomberg.com, "Merkel’s Real Work Starts Now With Fourth Term Set," 5 Mar. 2018
The results announced on Sunday clear the way for Ms. Merkel, who was long considered a de facto leader of Europe, to remain in the chancellery in Berlin for four more years.

— melissa eddy and katrin bennhold, New York Times, "Angela Merkel Averts Crisis, Forming Government With S.P.D. Again," 4 Mar. 2018
But in recent days Merkel has appointed several rising party stars to key positions, setting off an unofficial campaign to sort out who’s next in the chancellery.

— griff witte, Washington Post, "Germany will finally have a government after Social Democrats clear the way for Merkel’s fourth term," 4 Mar. 2018
But in recent days Merkel has appointed several rising party stars to key positions, setting off an unofficial campaign to sort out who's next in the chancellery.

— griff witte, chicagotribune.com, "Germany will finally have a government after Social Democrats clear the way for Merkel's fourth term," 4 Mar. 2018
The network allows the chancellery, ministries, security services and federal auditing office to exchange information with one another.

— melissa eddy, New York Times, "Germany Says Hackers Infiltrated Main Government Network," 1 Mar. 2018
The letter, sent to European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella in Brussels, was written by German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks, Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt and chancellery office chief Peter Altmaier.

— deutsche welle, USA TODAY, "Germany considers free public transportation in most polluted cities," 14 Feb. 2018
It was mailed to him from Berlin four months after Soviet forces entered the city and ended the war. Exploring the ruins of Hitler’s chancellery, one of Lewis’s former colleagues, Pvt.

— john buntin, WSJ, "Review: Hitler’s Plot Against Hollywood," 15 Dec. 2017
Other Free Democratic policies such as raising education standards and liberalising planning are already priorities in the chancellery too.

— The Economist, "Return of the yuppiesThe Free Democrats eye a return to power," 31 Aug. 2017

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Definition of chancellery for English Language Learners

: the department of a chancellor or the building where a chancellor's office is located
: the people who work in the department of a chancellor

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