registry office

English

Noun

registry office (plural registry offices)

1. (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

• This form is much more common than the technically correct register office.

References

• “registry office”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.