Chancery may refer to:
Offices and administration
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Chancery (diplomacy), the principal office that houses a diplomatic mission or an embassy
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Chancery (medieval office) A chancery or chancellery ( la, cancellaria) is a medieval writing office, responsible for the production of official documents.Coredon ''Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases'' p. 66 The title of chancellor, for the head of the office, came to ...
, responsible for the production of official documents
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Chancery (Scotland)
The office of Director of Chancery (or Chancellory), the keeper of the Quarter Seal of Scotland, was formerly a senior position within the legal system of Scotland. The medieval post, latterly an office at General Register House, Edinburgh, was a ...
, the keeper of the Quarter Seal, a senior position in the legal system of Scotland
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Diocesan chancery, administration branch in the official government of a Catholic or Anglican diocese
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Apostolic Chancery
The Apostolic ChanceryCanon 260, ''Code of Canon Law'' of 1917, translated by Edward N. Peters, Ignatius Press, 2001. ( la, Cancellaria Apostolica; also known as the "Papal" or "Roman Chanc(ell)ery") was a dicastery of the Roman Curia at the serv ...
, an office of the Roman Curia
Writing and printing
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Chancery Standard
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...
, of Late Middle English writing
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Chancery hand, either of two distinct styles of historical handwriting
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ITC Zapf Chancery, a family of typefaces
Other uses
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Chancery, Ceredigion
Chancery (Welsh: Rhydgaled) is a hamlet in Llanfarian community, in the district county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales, south of the administrative centre Aberystwyth. The hamlet is on the A487 road, about south-west of Llanfarian village.
The Conrah ...
, a village in Wales
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professional wrestling holds
See also
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Chancellery (disambiguation)
Chancellery is the office of the chancellor, sometimes also referred to as the chancery.
Both terms may also refer to:
Government
* Chancellery (medieval office) or chancery, a medieval writing office
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, or simply the Central Chancery, is an office of the Lord Chamberlain’s department within the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the administration of or ...
, British office that deals with administration of Orders of Chivalry
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Court of Chancery (disambiguation), several uses
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Court of Chancery, the chief court of equity in England and Wales until 1873
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Court of equity, or chancery court
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