registry office

noun

British
: a place where marriages are performed and where records of births, marriages, and deaths are kept

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Before the celebration, the couple got married at a nearby registry office. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 The registry office employee wasn’t buying what the nurse was selling, in part due to his hands looking younger than that of an elderly woman, and reportedly flagged the man for their bosses. — Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025 Some 58% of 41 million eligible voters cast ballots, figures from the registry office showed. — USA Today, 1 June 2026 For a further 350 euros, the brothers also fix outdated property maps and register them at the local land registry office. — Silvia Marchetti, CNN Money, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for registry office

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“Registry office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/registry%20office. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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