CHANCELLERY Definition & Meaning

chancellery

[ chan-suh-luh-ree, -sluh-ree, -suhl-ree, chahn- ]

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noun

plural chancelleries.

the position of a chancellor.
the office or department of a chancellor.
the office attached to an embassy or consulate.
a building or room occupied by a chancellor's department.

chancellery

/ ˈtʃɑːnsələrɪ; -slərɪ /

noun

the building or room occupied by a chancellor's office
the position, rank, or office of a chancellor
1. the residence or office of an embassy or legation
2. the office of a consulate
another name for a diplomatic chancery

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of chancellery¹

1250–1300; Middle English chancellerie < Anglo-French, equivalent to chanceller chancellor + -ie -y ³

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of chancellery¹

C14: from Anglo-French chancellerie, from Old French chancelier chancellor

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Merz's promise to close the borders to illegal entries on day one at the chancellery in Berlin has a Trumpian ring to it.

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He’s manning a stall in Jena and recalls how things seemed different when Olaf Scholz entered the chancellery three years ago.

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That - crudely put - is the question being asked in chancelleries across Europe, as the French president warms to his new role as the continent's resister-in-chief to Vladimir Putin.

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The chancellery is now pushing other countries in Europe to share the burden and offer more weapons deliveries, arguing that it cannot offer any more.

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"With the IRA, there's some stability about what companies should expect" in the United States, Veronika Grimm, one of the German government's chief economic experts who advises the chancellery, told Reuters.

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