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chancellorship
[ chan-suh-ler-ship, -sler-, chahn- ]
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Other Words From
- under·chancel·lor·ship noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chancellorship1
First recorded in 1425–75, chancellorship is from the late Middle English word chanceler-schepp. See chancellor, -ship
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Example Sentences
On the accession of the Canning ministry in 1827 he resigned the chancellorship, and never again held office.
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A year later, however, he resumed the chancellorship under Liverpool, and held it without break for twenty years.
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Fitz-Stephen is most full and particular on the chancellorship of Becket.
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It was during his Vice-Chancellorship that he preached the sermon that gave rise to the controversy with the latter.
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While the former was shedding tears for his dismissal, the latter was intoxicated with joy by his elevation to the Chancellorship.
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