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may⋅or⋅al⋅ty

   [mey-er-uhl-tee, mair-uhl-]
–noun, plural -ties.
the office or tenure of a mayor.
Origin:
1350–1400; mayor + -al 1 + -ty 2 ; r. ME mairaltee < MF mairalte
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may·or·al·ty     (mā'ər-əl-tē, mâr'əl-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. may·or·al·ties
  1. The office of a mayor.
  2. The term of office of a mayor.

[Middle English mairalte, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French maire, mayor; see mayor.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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mayoralty

noun
the position of mayor 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Mayoralty

May"or*al*ty\, n. The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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