Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rank or position of a chancellor.
- noun The office or department of a chancellor.
- noun The building in which such an office or department is located.
- noun The official place of business of an embassy or consulate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun pl. chancelleries (-riz).
- noun Same as
chancery , 3. - noun A secretary's office. See
chancellor , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Chancellorship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
rank oroffice of achancellor . - noun The
building in which such an office is situated.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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'chancellery' which has an immense big writing table, another table, three chairs, bells and excellent light and telephone.
Nelka Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch Michael Moukhanoff
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Hitler also worked with his favorite architect, Albert Speer, on a complete redesign of Berlin that included an immense domed “Great Hall” connected by a three-mile-long avenue to the chancellery.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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He took the last Lufthansa flight to Berlin and arrived at the chancellery around 10 p.m.
Dithering at the Top Turned EU Crisis to Global Threat Charles Forelle 2011
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Michael Hinterdobler, director of international relations at the state chancellery, says both Bavarias are thriving: There has been a renaissance.
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BERLIN—On a chilly October evening in her austere chancellery, Angela Merkel placed a confidential call to Rome to help save the euro.
Deepening Crisis Over Euro Pits Leader Against Leader Marcus Walker 2011
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It also suggests the difficulties Ms. Merkel and the chancellery could have in trying to corral skeptical lawmakers to support her European crisis strategy in the future.
Rift in Merkel's Party Surfaces Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011
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Before joining the Berlin chancellery, his career included stints at the International Monetary Fund and at the Bundesbank, where he led the monetary analysis department.
Merkel Taps Adviser to Head Bundesbank Geoffrey T. Smith 2011
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Mr. Trichet caught the last Lufthansa flight to Berlin and passed through the gates of the austere chancellery, where he stayed past midnight in Ms. Merkel's office helping put together a deal on a new Greek bailout plan that was unveiled the next day.
Crisis Ensnares Central Bank in Desperate Bid to Save Euro Brian Blackstone 2011
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Among the exceptions is an elegant dark wooden chest of drawers from Hitler's chancellery, filigreed with hundreds of swastika forms, which has been hung at a diagonal angle on a corner wall, and is further protected from possible Hitler admirers by a thin gauze panel.
Germany's first Hitler exhibition opens in nervous Berlin museum Kate Connolly in Berlin 2010
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"Even though the euro member states surely have to resolve a few problems among their 17 member states, we will never forget that the 27 belong together, that the internal market is the foundation upon which the euro can work," she said during the news conference in the chancellery.
U.K.'s Cameron May Back Merkel on Changing Treaty William Boston 2011
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