= registry, n. (in various senses); esp. a repository where registers are kept (cf. registry, n. 2).

A court of record; an office of public records; archives; also figurative.

A repository where registers are kept; a register office. Also in clerk of (the) registry. Cf. Land Registry n. at land, n.1 compounds 3.

= cartulary, n.

The building appointed for the keeping of the Registers (register, n.1 3).

‘A place where papers or records are kept’ (Johnson); whence the whole collection of records (belonging to a monastery, etc.); or the book in…

‘A common term among seamen for the Archipelago.’ Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867.

An office where registration is made, or at which a register of any kind is kept. Cf. registry office, n. 1.

A place in which public records or other important historic documents are kept. Now only in plural.

An office or building in which official records are kept; the archive of the official records of a government or other institution; spec. (with the…

A place where the public records were kept in ancient Rome; hence, in other places.

An office where registration is made, or at which a register of any kind is kept. Cf. register office, n. 1.

= registry, n. 2.

An office where documents are kept; (more generally) any business office.

Public Record Office.

slang. More generally: an archive or library of cuttings, photographs, or other reference material (sometimes including sense 2a); the office or…