chancelleries of Europe means...?

In France, at least, it means the Foreign Office, (Secretary of State).

Re: chancelleries of Europe means...?


I'm not quite sure, if you question the term "chancellery" and the various meanings of that in Eiroep.

If that's the case, in Germany it means:

- a lawyer's office,
- a notary,
- the office of a univerty's head of administration,
- any adminstration of (former) nobility (like "Princely Chancellery of Waldeck")
- an embassy (as as opposed to 'residence'),
- the office of the a state's prime mininister.

The office of the (federal) Chancellor (= Prime Minster), however, is called Chancelor's Office.

Yes, Walter, I should have added the other definitions, but Fansy asked chancelleries of Europe. I thought the other meanings would not apply...

.... whie I couldn't think of one single 'chancellery of Europe' ....

In France, La Chancellerie is the "Ministère des Affaires Etrangères" and we say chancelleries for it's foreign counterparts.

oops, yes, that should be the answer.

The meaning expressed by Francis was common in the pre-1914 period for the foreign ministries of europe.

Since 1870 - that's is, before 'Germany' existed - the foreign ministry is called "Office for Foreign Affairs".
Since it's head was only a undersecretary of state ("Staatssekretär") and due to Nismarck's ideas of foreib plolicies, it was part of the 'Recihskanzlei' (Reich's Chancellory = Prime Minster's Office).