chancellorship

American  

[chan-suh-ler-ship, -sler-, chahn-] / ˈtʃæn sə lərˌʃɪp, -slər-, ˈtʃɑn- /

noun

1. the office or rank of chancellor.

2. a chancellor's term of office.

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Other Word Forms

• underchancellorship noun

Etymology

Origin of chancellorship

First recorded in 1425–75, chancellorship is from the late Middle English word chanceler-schepp. See chancellor, -ship

Example Sentences

Schröder might well have been, given the appearance of possible impropriety; the pipeline he was now being asked to head had been agreed to in the final weeks of his chancellorship, with his strong support.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022

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

A spokesperson for Kurz during his chancellorship did not immediately return a request for comment.

From Reuters • Dec. 30, 2021

For a generalship in the field my stars have certainly not directly designed me; but a chancellorship or treasurership I may fill as well as another.'

From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Velde, Carl Franz van der