Chancery
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The term chancery can refer to:
- the office building in which a diplomatic mission (e.g., an embassy) is housed, its administrative, not strictly diplomatic staff, or the diplomatic personnel responsible for political matters (as Head of Chancery).
- a chancery court or court of equity, including:
- in England and Wales, historically, the Court of Chancery
- the Delaware Court of Chancery
- a euphemism for bankruptcy (based on the variety of court)
- also, a euphemism for confession, by analogy to the previous euphemism
- ecclesiastical administrative offices at different levels:
- formerly, the Pope's Apostolic Chancery (an office of the Roman Curia).
- a bishop's diocesan chancery.
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