Meanings
nounchancellery (plural chancelleries)
plural chancelleries · alternative chancellory · alternative chancellary
- The rank or post of a chancellor.
- The office or staff of a chancellor.
- The building in which such an office is situated.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Late Latincancellaria
- Old Frenchchancelerie
- Middle Englishchancelrie
- Englishchancellery
From Middle English chancelrie, from Old French chancelerie (Modern French chancellerie), from Late Latin cancellaria. Doublet of chancery.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish kancelli, kancelli
- kancellioffice
- kancellibuilding
Dutch kanselierschap, kanselarij
- kanselierschapfunction, post
- kanselarijbuilding
Esperanto ĉefministrejo
- ĉefministrejobuilding
French chancellerie
- chancelleriebuilding
German Kanzler, Kanzlerin
- Kanzlerfunction, post
- Kanzlerinfunction, post
- Kanzleibeamtinstaff
- Kanzleibeamterstaff
- Kanzleramtspersonalstaff
- Kanzleramtsangestelltestaff
- Kanzleramtoffice
- Kanzleioffice
- Kanzleramtbuilding
- Kanzleibuilding
Indonesian penata kanselerai, kanselerai
- penata kanseleraistaff
- kanseleraioffice
Italian cancelliere, cancelleria
- cancellierefunction, post
- cancelleriastaff
- cancelleriaoffice
- cancelleriabuilding
Polish kancelaria, kancelaria
- kancelariafunction, post
- kancelariastaff
- kancelariaoffice
- kancelariabuilding
Cite this entry
APA
chancellery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chancellery
MLA
“chancellery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chancellery. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chancellery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chancellery.
Source: chancellery on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.