chancellorship
AmericanOther 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
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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
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
The office was revived under Louis VIII., but the ecclesiastical chancellorship was finally suppressed in 1227.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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