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register office

British

noun

Often called: registry office. a government office where civil marriages are performed and births, marriages, and deaths are recorded

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One private house and two farm buildings were destroyed, while over 40 residential buildings, more than 24 commercial buildings, a college, a register office and electricity networks were damaged.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022

The photos showed Grant and Eberstein leaving the Chelsea register office in London on Friday and posing for pictures on the steps outside with a small group of family members.

From Reuters • May 25, 2018

Or for those who are preparing to knock on the register office door again.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2017

Furnish the ceremony would take place in an English register office in May.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2014

Obinze opened the door and stood aside for the others to go ahead, into the sterile hallway, where they paused to get their bearings, to be sure which way to go towards the register office.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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