noun
Freq #13457
Meanings
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noun
an official list or database in which names, events, property, or other information are recorded
The national registry contains the names of protected historic buildings.
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2
noun
an office or place where official records are kept or legal events are registered
They signed the documents at the local registry office.
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3
noun
a list of gifts selected by someone for a wedding, birth, or other occasion
The couple added kitchen equipment to their wedding registry.
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Etymology
A variant of registery, formed from register + -y and influenced by Medieval Latin regesterium or registerium, 'record office or register.' The word came to denote both the official record and the place or system that maintains it.