Obs. rare. [f. CONTROLLER: see -ERY.] = CONTROL sb., CONTROLLERSHIP.

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1595.  in Spottiswood, Hist. Ch. Scot., VI. (1655), 412. Duties pertaining to the Offices of Controllery and Collectory. Ibid. (1639), 454. The Office of Controllerie [was] given to Sir David Murray.

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