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   chancellor

   /ˈtʃɑːns(ə)lə/

   noun

   • 1. a senior state or legal official: "the Lord chancellor and the judges will consider the application"
   • ▪ short for Chancellor of the Exchequer
   • ▪ the head of the government in some European countries, such as Germany.
   • ▪ the honorary head of a university.
   • ▪ the president or chief administrative officer of a university.
   • ▪ a bishop's law officer.
   • ▪ the presiding judge of a chancery court.
   • ▪ (in the UK) an officer of an order of knighthood who seals commissions.

   Word Origin late Old English from Old French cancelier, from late Latin cancellarius ‘porter, secretary’ (originally a court official stationed at the grating separating public from judges), from cancelli ‘crossbars’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. chancellorship noun

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