chancellery

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: chan=cel=ler=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

chancellery, n. [Cf. Chancery.].

 Chancellorship.  Gower.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chancellery, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a the position, office, staff, department, etc., of a chancellor. b the official residence of a chancellor.
2 US an office attached to an embassy or consulate.

Etymology

ME f. OF chancellerie (as CHANCELLOR)

THESAURUS

chancellery

aedileship, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy, bishopric, booking office, box office, branch, branch office, cabinet, chairmanship, chambers, chancellorate, chancellorship, chancery, chiefery, chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, closet, consulate, consulship, corporate headquarters, deanery, den, dictatorship, dictature, directorship, embassy, emirate, episcopacy, executive office, governorship, headquarters, headship, hegemony, hierarchy, home office, leadership, legation, lordship, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, main office, masterdom, mastership, mastery, mayoralty, mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, nobility, office, papacy, pashadom, pashalic, patriarchate, patriarchy, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship, prefectship, prefecture, premiership, presidency, presidentship, prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate, proconsulship, protectorate, protectorship, provostry, provostship, rectorate, rectorship, regency, regentship, ruling class, seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shop, shrievalty, study, supervisorship, suzerainship, suzerainty, ticket office, tribunate, vizierate, viziership