"registry office" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: registry offices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} registry office (plural registry offices)
  1. (informal) Synonym of register office (“office for registering births, marriages and deaths”) Tags: informal Synonyms: register office [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-registry_office-en-noun-bvcisRMk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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