registery

English

Noun

registery (plural registeries)

1. Rare form of registry.
   • 1577, Eusebius Pamphilus, translated by Meredith Hanmer, “The history concerning the Prince of the Edessæans. The epistle of Agbarus vnto Christ, and the epistle of Christ vnto him agayne.”, in The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, […], London: […] Thomas Vautroullier […], book I ([…] of Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina), page 16:

     The reader hath an appꝛoued teſtimony of theſe thinges in wꝛiting, taken out of the recoꝛded regiſtery, of the pꝛincely city Edeſſa. foꝛ there are found enrolled in their publique regiſtery, things of Antiquity, ⁊ which were done about Agbarus time, yea and pꝛeſerued vnto this day. There is no reaſon to the contrary, but that we may heart the letters themſelues, copied out of their regiſtery, ⁊ tranſlated by vs, out of the Syrian tongue into theſe woꝛdes.

   • 1640, [Donald Lupton], The Glory of Their Times or The Liues of yͤ Primitiue Fathers. […], London: […] I: Okes. and are to be sold […] [by S. Browne], page 403, column 2:

     Twelve books called his Regiſtery of Epiſtles of ſeverall ſubjects.

   • 1686, Robert Plot, “Of Antiquities”, in The Natural History of Stafford-shire, Oxford, Oxon: […] [A]t the Theater, page 445:

     […] I have here annext a Copy of King Johns Charter taken out of the black book of the ſaid Arch-Biſhops Regiſtery at Dublin, and ſent me by the Reverend and learned M^r William King Chancellor of S^t Patricks, which take as follows.

   • 1693, John Edwards, A Discourse Concerning the Authority, Stile, and Perfection of the Books of the Old and New-Testament. […], London: […] Richard Wilkin […], page 65:

     He confeſſeth that the Canon of Scripture is taken out of Authentick Regiſteries; but the Authors who collected it, added and diminiſhed as they pleaſed: eſpecially he aſſerts this concerning the Hiſtorical Books, that they are Abridgments of larger Records, and Summaries of other larger Acts kept in the Jewiſh Archives: and theſe publick Scribes who writ them out, took the liberty to alter Words as they ſaw occaſion.

   • 1722, [Jean] Domat, translated by William Strahan, The Civil Law in Its Natural Order: Together with the Publick Law. […], volume II, London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, […], page 42, column 1:

     We have not ſet down in this Article the Words that follow in this Text, that if the Teſtator revoke his Teſtament, either in the Preſence of three Witneſſes, or by an Act in a publick Regiſtery, this Revocation, together with the Duration of ten Years after the Teſtament, will make it to be null.

   • 1763, Benjamin Martin, The Natural History of England; or, A Description of Each Particular County, in Regard to the Curious Productions of Nature and Art. […], volume II ([…]), London: […] W. Owen, […], and […] the Author, […], page 294:

     There is a commodious Hall for the Seſſions, a Town-hall with public Gardens and Walks, a Regiſtery for entering all Deeds, Wills, &c. that affect any Lands in this Riding: […]

   • 1891 January 14, “McDonald v. Prioleau”, in The Federal Reporter. […] Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. (National Reporter System. United States Series.), volume 44 (December, 1890—March, 1891), Saint Paul, Mo.: West Publishing Co., page 770:

     The respondent admits that he has the money on hand, disclaims all interest in the question, and has paid the money into the registery of this court.

References

• “registery, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.