registry office

noun British.

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

Origin of registry office

First recorded in 1720–30

Words nearby registry office

registration, registration document, registration number, registration plate, registry, registry office, regius, Regius professor, Reglan, regle, reglet

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Example sentences from the Web for registry office

To have a fire without a fire-engine is like being married at a registry-office.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920|Various
However, a trifling formality at a registry-office can rectify this and nobody need be any the wiser.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920|Various
A clock struck ten as Miss Tallmadge hurriedly led the way up the second flight to the registry-office.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
She went to a registry-office in the Strand and entered her name there.
The Time of Roses|L. T. Meade

Instead of which she had consented to a mock marriage in a registry-office—and this.
The Incredible Honeymoon|E. Nesbit

British Dictionary definitions for registry office

registry office

noun

British a name often used for a register office

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单词	registry office
释义	registry office noun British. a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed. Origin of registry office First recorded in 1720–30 Words nearby registry office registration, registration document, registration number, registration plate, registry, registry office, regius, Regius professor, Reglan, regle, reglet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for registry office To have a fire without a fire-engine is like being married at a registry-office. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920\|Various However, a trifling formality at a registry-office can rectify this and nobody need be any the wiser. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920\|Various A clock struck ten as Miss Tallmadge hurriedly led the way up the second flight to the registry-office. The Open Question\|Elizabeth Robins She went to a registry-office in the Strand and entered her name there. The Time of Roses\|L. T. Meade Instead of which she had consented to a mock marriage in a registry-office—and this. The Incredible Honeymoon\|E. Nesbit British Dictionary definitions for registry office registry office noun British a name often used for a register office Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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