Definition of "chanceries" []

• Plural form of chancery. (noun)

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• "Italics were based on an informal style of writing used in chanceries to save paper, and in print were originally used as a cost-saving measure, to print whole books using less paper."
• "An undercurrent or more of resentment at Western civilization runs through the chanceries and bazaars of the Arab world, as well as a fear of what democracy might mean for the power of local rulers."
• "In the Old World chanceries where the great game of geopolitics was played, the United States mattered little."