chancellorship

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

chancellor chancery chancellery deanery premiership bishopric prefecture lordship magistracy office leadership presidency tenure aristocracy dictatorship
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Antonyms

powerlessness uncontrol

Hypernyms

place position office post situation spot

Phrases with the word

chancellorship office

Examples

Adenauer was forced to make two concessions: to relinquish the chancellorship before the end of the new term, his fourth, and to replace his foreign minister. Source: Internet

Arnim saw himself as a rival and competitor for the chancellorship, but the rivalry escalated out of hand, and Arnim took sensitive records from embassy files at Paris to back up his case. Source: Internet

A rift grew between Henry and Becket as the new archbishop resigned his chancellorship and sought to recover and extend the rights of the archbishopric. Source: Internet

Domestic policy Kohl's chancellorship presided over a number of innovative policy measures. Source: Internet

He then found himself abruptly dismissed from the chancellorship on charges of selling off some of his offices to delegates. Source: Internet

His tenure of the chancellorship was epoch-making. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chancellor's pudding chancelloress chancelloriid Chancellorsville chancellory chancellour