Associations to the word «Registry»

Wiktionary

REGISTRY, noun. A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
REGISTRY, noun. A record; an account; a register.
REGISTRY, noun. The act of registering; registration.
REGISTRY, noun. (computing) A database of configurations etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Dictionary definition

REGISTRY, noun. An official written record of names or events or transactions.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats