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CHANCERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chancery" is a kind of...):
archive (a depository containing historical records and documents)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A court with jurisdiction in equity
Synonyms:
chancery; court of chancery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("chancery" is a kind of...):
court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)
