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registry

[ rej-uh-stree ]

noun

, plural reg·is·tries.
  1. a place where a register is kept; an office of registration.
  2. the state of being registered. registered.
  3. the nationality of a merchant ship as shown on its register.


registry

/ ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ /

noun

  1. 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. the registration of a ship's country of origin

    a ship of Liberian registry

  3. another word for registration


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Word History and Origins

Origin of registry1

First recorded in 1475–85; regist(er) + -ry

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Example Sentences

U.S. officials have acquired more bling from overseas than Kanye West and Kim Kardashian had on their wedding registry.

In 1992, the movie was selected for the National Film Registry and as such has a print preserved in the Library of Congress.

Wendy Kramer is co-founder, with her donor-conceived son Ryan, of the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR).

Several Italian cities, including Naples, already have a civil union registry.

Polish them until they gleam with malice, wicked glee, and non-registry gifts.

Enrollment is the term used to describe the registry of a vessel engaged in coastwise or inland navigation or commerce.

In Ireland, also, half-a-crown was the sum paid for registry; in England it was a shilling only.

More effectual means are employed to enforce the registry of births, marriages and deaths.

A clock struck ten as Miss Tallmadge hurriedly led the way up the second flight to the registry-office.

You refer, I presume, to the omission of her name in the parish registry, recording the fact of her regeneration?

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