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
Mr Scholz's response to a shifting China may yet come to be the defining test of his chancellorship.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2022
Mr. Scholz’s most recent travails come on top of a rocky start to his chancellorship.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022
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
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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