chancellery
Americannoun
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chancelleries
plural
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the position of a chancellor.
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the office or department of a chancellor.
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the office attached to an embassy or consulate.
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a building or room occupied by a chancellor's department.
noun
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the building or room occupied by a chancellor's office
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the position, rank, or office of a chancellor
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the residence or office of an embassy or legation
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the office of a consulate
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another name for a diplomatic chancery
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chancellery
1250–1300; Middle English chancellerie < Anglo-French, equivalent to chanceller chancellor + -ie -y 3
Example Sentences
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"The mood in the chancellery is very good and constructive," he insisted, adding the government was focused on its reform plans and that people should "avoid side debates".
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
He’s manning a stall in Jena and recalls how things seemed different when Olaf Scholz entered the chancellery three years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024
The summit takes place on Tuesday in the chancellery before Li and the Chinese ministers for trade and reform attend the German-Chinese forum for economic and technological cooperation.
From Reuters ● Jun. 18, 2023
Her death was announced on April 14 by the federal chancellery, The Associated Press reported.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 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
Fourth, a question that has haunted chancelleries for several months: Is the new master of Damascus, Ahmed al-Sharaa, truly a repentant former member of al Qaeda?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
In the chancelleries and the countinghouses of major capitals last week, worry spread about the possibility of a decline in world trade, leading to a further global economic slowdown and perhaps a recession.
From Time Magazine Archive
For almost 40 years, this wise economist has been summoned by leaders of the chancelleries and the countinghouses for advice on money policies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The State Department has undertaken 200 security projects at 120 chancelleries since the U.S. embassy in Beirut was blasted last April.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Europe’s chancelleries for the next century played a chess game of naked exploitation and power from Cape Horn to Cairo.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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