Lord Chancellor

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noun, plural Lord Chancellors.

the highest judicial officer of the British crown: law adviser of the ministry, keeper of the great seal, presiding officer in the House of Lords, etc.

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Also called Lord High Chancellor.

Origin of Lord Chancellor

First recorded in 1490–1500

Words nearby Lord Chancellor

Lorca, lord, Lord Advocate, Lord Baltimore cake, Lord Chamberlain, Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Lord Haw-Haw, Lord High Chancellor, Lord Howe Island, lording

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How to use Lord Chancellor in a sentence

His latest target has been Hajji Hassan, a Baluch drug lord who fled Iran and settled in Turbat in 2000.
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When Hitler became chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933, Hildebrand was confronted with a choice: Would he remain in Nazi Germany?
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Most frustratingly for the school chancellor, this made it all but impossible to fire terrible teachers.
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As Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Roth took a one- way train from Berlin to Paris, never to return.
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The good Lord has saved a special place in Hell for all those responsible for this wrongdoing.
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But with all her advantages Miss Solomonson failed with the old lord, and she abuses him to this day.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Ever since his majority Lord Hetton had annually entered a colt in the great race.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He passed through all the honors of the law, and in 1836 became lord chancellor.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
But we must not class in this unclean category Lord Spunyarn and his friend Haggard, who were both playing at the big table.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
That they may know thee, as we also have known thee, that there is no God beside thee, O Lord.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Lord Chancellor

Lord Chancellor

noun

British government the cabinet minister who is head of the judiciary in England and Wales and Speaker of the House of Lords

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