Lord Chancellor

Noun

Meaning

the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords

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Synonyms

Lord High Chancellor chancellor chief justice Lord Privy Seal great seal keeper of the great seal keeper of the seals chief sealer chief signet chief of justice chairman of the supreme court deputy chairman of the supreme court president of the supreme court for chancellor head of the supreme court

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Antonyms

under sealer subservient sealer subordinate sealer supplemental sealer deputy sealer inferior sealer

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Hypernyms

cabinet minister

Examples

A criticism of Chancery practice as it developed in the early medieval period was that it lacked fixed rules and that the Lord Chancellor was exercising an unbounded discretion. Source: Internet

Along with Astraea Redux, Dryden welcomed the new regime with two more panegyrics: To His Sacred Majesty: A Panegyric on his Coronation (1662) and To My Lord Chancellor (1662). Source: Internet

Although the Lord Chancellor is moved by her appeal, which evokes the memory of his wife, he declares that he himself will marry Phyllis. Source: Internet

Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist added gold stripes to his judicial robes after seeing them used by the Lord Chancellor in a production of Iolanthe. Source: Internet

But the Lord Chancellor wryly notes that Strephon has not presented sufficient evidence that Nature has interested herself in the matter. Source: Internet

Chancellorship After Wolsey fell, More succeeded to the office of Lord Chancellor in 1529. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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