register office
noun
British
a government office where civil marriages are performed and births, marriages, and deaths are recorded
Often called: registry office
Words nearby register office
regionalize,
regis,
register,
register mark,
register of wills,
register office,
register ton,
register tonnage,
registered,
registered bond,
registered dietitian
Example sentences from the Web for register office
This was the keeping of a register-office, one of the first known in the Metropolis, whence he drew incalculable advantages.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. |Pierce EganDid you think my surgery was a register-office for servants?
The History of Margaret Catchpole |Richard CobboldThe total expense, including superintendents and the register-office in London, would amount to about 80,000 per annum.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. |E. Farr and E. H. NolanA register-office and a clerk would have done just as well, and have been more in keeping.
Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) |Mary Cholmondeley