Definition of Chancellorship

1. Noun. The office of chancellor.

Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
Derivative terms: Chancellor, Chancellor

Definition of Chancellorship

1. n. The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.

Definition of Chancellorship

1. Noun. The status of being a chancellor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chancellorship

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chancellorship

chance would be a fine thing
chanceable
chanceably
chanced
chanceful
chancel
chancel organ
chanceler
chanceless
chanceller
chancelleries
chancellery
chancellor
chancellories
chancellors
chancellorship (current term)
chancellorships
chancellory
chancellour
chancellours
chancellourship
chancelor
chancelour
chancelry
chancels
chancer
chanceries
chancers
chancery
chances

Literary usage of Chancellorship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages by Hastings Rashdall (1895)
"The election to the chancellorship permanent. was originally biennial "2, and the Chancellor was of course— as has been implied throughout—the resident Head ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In England the chancellorship of the universities is now a more or less ... Philip Augustus suspended the chancellorship throughout the whole of his reign, ..."

3. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"The University of Cambridge to Wolsey, recently made Bishop of Lincoln, pressing him to accept their chancellorship. [Ms. ADDIT. ..."

4. Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various by John Strype (1824)
"91 A contest Kith the bishop of Coventry and Litchfield about the chancellorship. The case referred to civilians and judges. A petition about it to the ..."

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