registry office

noun

British.

1. a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.

registry office

noun

1. a name often used for a register office

Word History and Origins

Origin of registry office¹

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

The couple, from Ross-on-Wye, met through work and got married at the registry office in Usk, Monmouthshire on Wednesday morning, before heading straight to the care home in Abergavenny to continue celebrating.

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"One couple wanted to bring their chickens to the registry office, but I'd just had a new carpet laid and you know what chickens do," she says.

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She first joined the North Yorkshire County Council Registry Office in 1976, after working as a nurse at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.

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The Act allows people to change their gender marker and first name through a simple declaration at a registry office, instead of a judicial ruling.

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However, there was a problem at the registry office – the family aren't clear what it was – and they were told they had to go back to Castle Hill.

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