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

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

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

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