registry
Americannoun
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registries
plural
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the act of registering; registration.
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a place where a register is kept; an office of registration.
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the state of being registered.
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the nationality of a merchant ship as shown on its register.
noun
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a place where registers are kept, such as the part of a church where the bride and groom sign a register after a wedding
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the registration of a ship's country of origin
a ship of Liberian registry
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another word for registration
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of registry
First recorded in 1475–85; regist(er) + -ry
Example Sentences
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The Journal found two addresses for Freight Care—one on air waybills and another in the country’s official business registry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
By 2025, Orleans Parish, where Brooks was convicted, had the highest rate of exonerations among U.S. counties with more than 300,000 residents, according to the registry.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The lawyer says it is imperative to reactivate civil registry offices in accessible areas and intensify legal efforts to ensure children obtain their right to identity and legal recognition.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
La Guaira's Governor Jose Alejandro Teran, however, last week said 1,338 people were missing, basing the count on a residential registry.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
In 1943, members of the Dutch Resistance bombed the Amsterdam civil registry office in an attempt to destroy records, to prevent the Nazis from identifying Jews and others marked for persecution, arrest or forced labour.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He listed several activities that he said need to stop immediately: "oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies."
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The data came from the Geneva registry and the National Agency for Cancer Registration, which compiles information from cantonal cancer registries across Switzerland.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
Two of my siblings are getting married this year, which means I’ve been thinking more than usual about wedding registries — that peculiar exercise in imagining a future life.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026
A new Babylist Money service planned for this spring will let parents add savings accounts for children to their registries and use them for future events like birthdays or holidays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
“One of the Permanent Bureaus of the Internal Administration. Looks out after false registries, unauthorized travel, job-substitutions, forgeries, that sort of thing—trash. That’s what mm/means in gutter-Orgota, trash, it’s a nickname.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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