registry office
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]registry office (plural registry offices)
- (informal) Synonym of register office (“office for registering births, marriages and deaths”)
- 2022 July 13, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 961, page 71:
- Congratulations to newlyweds Liam and Jennifer King, who surprised passengers at Manchester Oxford Road in late May when they boarded a Northern service to complete the journey from Manchester registry office (where they had just tied the knot) to their wedding celebrations in Stockport.
Usage notes
[edit]- This form is much more common than the technically correct register office.
References
[edit]- “registry office”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.