chancellorship
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Etymology
Origin of chancellorship
First recorded in 1425–75, chancellorship is from the late Middle English word chanceler-schepp. See chancellor, -ship
Example Sentences
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“With your chancellorship, you ensured that a woman at the head of government, that female power too, will forever be a matter of course in our country.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2023
But this is, Covid aside, the first major test of Olaf Scholz's chancellorship and, so far, it has not gone very well.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2022
Scholz, a former finance minister under Angela Merkel, brought little international security experience to the chancellorship when he succeeded her in December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
Merkel, a conservative, has stayed out of the political spotlight since handing over Germany's chancellorship to Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat.
From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2022
On the retirement of Somers from the chancellorship in 1700 he was offered the great seal, but declined it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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