CHANCERY

noun (plural -ceries) Etymology: Middle English chancerie, alteration of chancelerie chancellery, from Anglo-French, from chanceler Date: 14th century a record office for public archives or those of ecclesiastical, legal, or diplomatic proceedings, 2. a high court of equity in England and Wales with common-law functions and jurisdiction over causes in equity, a court of equity in the American judicial system, the principles and practice of judicial equity, 3. a chancellor's court or office or the building in which it is located, the office in which the business of a Roman Catholic diocese is transacted and recorded, the office of an embassy ; chancellery 3