(in the UK) the buildings in London formerly used as hostels for law students.
〈史〉（英国）（伦敦旧时的）法律学生宿舍
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It seems to me, therefore, clear that at that time these Inns of Chancery were schools of learning.
By the 15th century the Inns of Chancery had become preparatory schools for the Inns of Court.
The first Crusade began in 1095; by the middle of the next century there were three famous schools or inns in London, attached to churches, pre-dating the Inns of Court, the Inns of Chancery and the earliest colleges in Oxford.
Grammar-school boys might also go, either directly or after university, to one of the eight Inns of Chancery or the four Inns of Court, where barristers were trained and worked.
At some later stage some of these Inns of Chancery became attached to one of the four Inns of Court.