vice-chancellorship
sə noun
1.
a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
2.
a chancery judge acting in place of a chancellor.
3.
the chief administrator of certain British universities. Compare chancellor ( def 7 ).
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English
1400–50; late Middle English
Related forms
vice-chan·cel·lor·ship, noun
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| vice chancellor | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare chancellor the chief executive or administrator at some British universities |
| 2. | (in the US) a judge in courts of equity subordinate to the chancellor |
| 3. | (formerly in England) a senior judge of the court of Chancery who acted as assistant to the Lord Chancellor |
| 4. | a person serving as the deputy of a chancellor |
| vice-'chancellorship | |
| —n | |
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