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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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
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, 67, handed over the chancellorship to successor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday after a near-record 16 years in power.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2021
The chancellorship, one of the two chief offices in the realm, was sold to William Longchamp, bishop of Ely, for �3000, though he was well known as a tactless, arrogant and incapable person.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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