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Definition of Chancellor

1. Noun. The British cabinet minister responsible for finance.

2. Noun. The person who is head of state (in several countries).

3. Noun. The honorary or titular head of a university.

Definition of Chancellor

1. n. A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.

Definition of Chancellor

1. Noun. A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. ¹

2. Noun. Head of a chancery. ¹

3. Noun. An important notary; a person in charge of some area of government, often justice or finance. ¹

4. Noun. The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial. ¹

5. Noun. The head of parliamentary government in some German speaking countries. ¹

6. Noun. A record keeper for a diocese or equivalent religious area. ¹

7. Noun. (Scotland) Foreman of a jury. ¹

8. Noun. (U.K.) Chancellor of the Exchequer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chancellor

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chancellor

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Literary usage of Chancellor

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

1. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"The Chancellor was thus regarded as possessing a jurisdiction. The Chancery was beginning to be regarded as a court But we must not think that the ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Sixtus V assigned the proceeds of theae sales to the vice-chancellor (see ... Alexander VIII restored these revenues to the vice- chancellor, who, ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"On 7 March 1456 Bourchier wns appointed lord chancellor, and received the seals nt Greenwich from the king himself, who had recovered from his illness at ..."

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