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
“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
He gave up his chancellorship, and told the king plainly that he would resist all attempts to take away the rights of the Church.
From School Reading by Grades Sixth Year by Baldwin, James
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