A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept. / A record; an account; a register. / The act of registering; registration.

plural of registry

(metadata) A central location in an organization where metadata definitions are stored and maintained in a controlled method.

plural of metadata registry

(informal) Synonym of register office (“office for registering births, marriages and deaths”)

plural of registry office

(nautical)

plural of animal registry

Synonym of stud book

A list of gifts, maintained by a department store, that a couple about to be married would like to receive.