chancery
noun
the office or department of a chancellor; chancellery.
chanceries
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pluralof chancery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This new external impulse to reshape the Middle East originates not in grand chanceries but in nongovernmental movements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In the years since, multiple other dioceses have sold or said they intended to sell their chanceries, including Brooklyn; Charleston, S.C.;
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2014
The appointment struck the world's chanceries as odd -- the Georgian was a provincial politician with no experience in world affairs -- and as an indication that Gorbachev intended to be his own Foreign Minister.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through Nanking's chanceries swept a rumor that the U.S. and Russian embassies would be asked to step in as joint mediators.
From Time Magazine Archive
On account of its antiquity and of its steady development, it has served as a model for the other chanceries of Europe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
