chancellery
noun /ˈtʃɑːnsələri/
/ˈtʃænsələri/
(plural chancelleries)
- [countable, usually singular] the place where a chancellor has his or her office
大臣(或大法官等)的官署 - [singular + singular or plural verb] the staff in the department of a chancellor
大臣(或大法官等)官署的全体工作人员
词源Middle English: from Old French chancellerie, from chancelier ‘secretary’, from late Latin cancellarius ‘porter, secretary’ (originally a court official stationed at the grating separating public from judges), from cancelli ‘crossbars’.