registry

[ rej-uh-stree ]

/ ˈrɛdʒ ə stri /

the act of registering; registration.

a place where a register is kept; an office of registration.

the state of being registered.

the nationality of a merchant ship as shown on its register.

Origin of registry

First recorded in 1475–85; regist(er) + -ry

This June, hawkish columnist Guy Bechor cited it in Yediot Aharonot—and attributed it to the Registry.

Inventing Settlers to Scuttle Peace Talks |Gershom Gorenberg |July 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Registry regularly produces tables of how many people officially reside in each settlement.

Inventing Settlers to Scuttle Peace Talks |Gershom Gorenberg |July 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He also wrote that the Registry lists 385,000 settlers in the rest of the West Bank.

Inventing Settlers to Scuttle Peace Talks |Gershom Gorenberg |July 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In the Registry, the settler population is always a few percent above the more accurate CBS figure.

Inventing Settlers to Scuttle Peace Talks |Gershom Gorenberg |July 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The second number was 50 percent too high—and wasn't actually attributed to the Registry.

Inventing Settlers to Scuttle Peace Talks |Gershom Gorenberg |July 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The awful temporary power of registry office clerks, how they do make one quail!

The Champagne Standard |Mrs. John Lane
His photograph was sent by a registry office, among many others.

The Dangerous Age |Karin Michalis
It opened with nineteen members, and at one time the registry showed ninety-three members, with eleven honorary members.

The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History |Various
There is much opposition to the enactment of a registry law.

The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes |James Quay Howard
She applied, therefore, again to Mr. Bunker, who had a registry office for situations wanted.

All Sorts and Conditions of Men |Walter Besant

registry

/ (ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ) /

a place where registers are kept, such as the part of a church where the bride and groom sign a register after a wedding

the registration of a ship's country of origin a ship of Liberian registry

another word for registration