registry (redirected from registries)

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.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

registry - an official written record of names or events or transactions register 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. N → registro m, archivo m (Univ) → secretaría f general
servants' registry → agencia f de colocaciones

B. CPD registry office N → registro m civil
to get married at a registry office → casarse por lo civil
it was a registry office wedding → fue una boda por lo civil

registry [ˈrɛdʒstri] n → bureau 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 registry → Heimathafen m

(Comput) (of system files) → Registry nt, → Registrierung f

registry [ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ] n (record office) → archivo; (in university) → segreteria