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Definition of Lord chancellor
1. Noun. The highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Cabinet Minister
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lord Chancellor
Literary usage of Lord chancellor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From ...by John Campbell Campbell by John Campbell Campbell (1880)
"The work cited in the author/title information area of this microfiche (no. 35876) is a 13 volume set."
2. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"Sir Edward Hyde, lord chancellor, afterwards created lord Hyde, and earl of
Clarendon. 1667. ... Lord Henley, lord chancellor, afterwards carl of 1770. Hon. ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"By Hie lord chancellor—The female servants in the voyage from Jaffa, ... The Lord
Chancellor stated, that he could communicate it, as the result of his ..."
4. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1829)
"The first business of importance after the corona- BOOK tion was the lord
chancellor's fall: who, resolving to rive himself wholly to matters of state, ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1826)
"His hon. and learned friend stated, that the lord chancellor, out of delicacy,
... At the courage which the lord chancellor displayed, he did not feel much ..."
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