chancellery
noun/ˈtʃɑːnsələri/
/ˈtʃænsələri/
(plural chancelleries)
- [countable, usually singular] the place where a chancellor has their office
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- [singular + singular or plural verb] the staff in the department of a chancellor
- The chancellery was/were frustrated at the lack of progress.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French chancellerie, from chancelier ‘secretary’, from late Latin cancellarius ‘porter, secretary’ (originally a court official stationed at the grating separating public from judges), from cancelli ‘crossbars’.
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