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   Also found in: Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.
reg·is·try  (rj-str)
n. pl. reg·is·tries
1. The act of registering; registration.
2. The registered nationality of a ship.
3. A place for registering.
4.
a. A book for official records.
b. The place where such records are kept.

registry [ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ]
n pl -tries
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a place where registers are kept, such as the part of a church where the bride and groom sign a register after a wedding
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the registration of a ship's country of origin a ship of Liberian registry
3. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) another word for registration
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.registryregistry - an official written record of names or events or transactions
cadaster, cadastre - a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation
written account, written record - a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
check register - a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order)
studbook - official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses
rent-roll - a register of rents; includes the names of tenants and the amount of rent they pay
Translations
registry [ˈredʒɪstrɪ]
A. Nregistro m, archivo m (Univ) → secretaría f general
servants' registryagencia f de colocaciones
B. CPD registry office Nregistro m civil
to get married at a registry officecasarse por lo civil
it was a registry office weddingfue una boda por lo civil
registry [ˈrɛdʒstri] nbureau m de l'enregistrement
registry office n (British)bureau m de l'état civil
to get married in a registry office → se marier à la mairie
registry
n
Sekretariat nt; (in church) → Sakristei f; (Brit: = registry office) → Standesamt nt; port of registryHeimathafen m
(Comput) (of system files)Registry nt, → Registrierung f
registry [ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ] n (record office) → archivo; (in university) → segreteria
registry [ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ] n (record office) → archivo; (in university) → segreteria


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Would you come round with me to the registry office?
Anthony's last words to Flora referred to the registry office where they were married ten days later.
There was no danger that his dead wife would be recognized: those were not days of active inquiry and wide report; and as for the registry of their marriage, that was a long way off, buried in unturned pages, away from every one's interest but his own.
 
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