chancellorship
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Origin of chancellorship
First recorded in 1425–75, chancellorship is from the late Middle English word chanceler-schepp. See chancellor, -ship
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The moderate exuberance that prevailed a year ago as Friedrich Merz ascended to the chancellorship and Berlin released its constitutional “debt brake” has given way to gloom.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
After resigning from his chancellorship, Castro went on to teach at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
Mr Scholz's response to a shifting China may yet come to be the defining test of his chancellorship.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2022
Exports to China helped lift Germany out of mass unemployment in the early years of her chancellorship, and cushioned the blow of the financial crisis years later.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022
She spoke of the chancellorship, and I named Lord Selborne.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
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