mayoralty

American  

[mey-er-uhl-tee, mair-uhl-] / ˈmeɪ ər əl ti, ˈmɛər əl- /

noun

plural

mayoralties

1. the office or tenure of a mayor.

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mayoralty British  

/ ˈmɛərəltɪ /

noun

1. the office or term of office of a mayor

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Etymology

Origin of mayoralty

1350–1400; mayor + -al ¹ + -ty ²; replacing Middle English mairaltee < Middle French mairalte

Example Sentences

In the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s remarkable election on Nov. 4 as New York City’s next mayor — followed by democratic socialist Katie Wilson winning Seattle’s mayoralty — the moment for economic populism seems ripe.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Soon, he teamed up with Gennady Timchenko, a former Soviet trade official who knew Putin from St. Petersburg, where the future president worked in the mayoralty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Yet others question whether anything like a Mamdani mayoralty would really provoke millionaires and billionaires to decamp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

On 17 February 2003, motorists had to pay a charge to drive in central London for the first time, under the mayoralty of Ken Livingstone.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

But the offices of Postmaster and First Shirriff were attached to the mayoralty, so that he managed both the Messenger Service and the Watch.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien