chancellorshipn.
The office of chancellor. (In various senses: see chancellor n.)
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1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 3 The Kyng put oute of the Chaunceler-schepp the Bysshope of Excetre.
1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 27 In the office of chauncellourship of the augmentacions.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 35 In October the cardnalle was deprived of the chanslercheppe.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 223 During the time of his Chancellourship of England.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 161 No one should be admitted to a Bishops Chancellorship without good knowledge in the Civil and Canon Laws.
1809 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 407 Mr. Percival has decided to offer Mr. Vansittart the Chancellorship of the Exchequer.
1873 Times Summary of Year Prince Bismarck, who had retained his Chancellorship of the Empire, has, etc.
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