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
After resigning from his chancellorship, Castro went on to teach at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
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
The rigour of his imprisonment in the Tower was somewhat abated when Sir T. Audley succeeded to the chancellorship, and it was understood that both Cromwell and Cranmer were disposed to show great leniency.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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