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单词 lord high chancellor
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Lord High Chancellorn.

Brit. /ˌlɔːd hʌɪ ˈtʃɑːnsl̩ə/, /ˌlɔːd hʌɪ ˈtʃɑːnslə/, /ˌlɔːd hʌɪ ˈtʃansl̩ə/, /ˌlɔːd hʌɪ ˈtʃanslə/, U.S. /ˌlɔrd ˌhaɪ ˈtʃæns(ə)lər/
Forms: see lord n. and high adj. and chancellor n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lord n., high chancellor n. at high adj. and n.2 Compounds 4.
Etymology: < lord n. + high chancellor n. at high adj. and n.2 Compounds 4. Compare earlier Lord Chancellor n.
Originally: (a deferential title for) an officer of state acting as administrator of the royal household and subsequently also as head of the judiciary; (later) (a title for) the highest officer of the Crown, responsible for the efficient functioning and independence of the courts; = Lord Chancellor n. Cf. chancellor n. 2a.For more information on the history and functions of this office, see Lord Chancellor n.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > Lord High Chancellor or Great Seal
Chancellor of EnglandOE
Chancellor of EnglandOE
(Lord) Keeper of the Great Seal1545
Lord Keeper1562
custos sigilli1589
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > of specific department
Chancellor of the Exchequerc1330
Lords (Commissioners) of the Treasury1642
foreign secretary1734
Home Secretary1784
war-minister1790
oil minister1960
1581 T. Rogers Gen. Session Ep. Ded. sig. ¶ii To the right Honorable, Sir Thomas Bromleie, Knight, Lord high Chancelor of England &c. his most gratious Patron.
1663 W. Lucy Observ. Errours Hobbes Leviathan sig. A3 To the Right Honourable Edward, Earl of Clarendon, and Lord High Chancellar of England.
1707 (title) The history of the rebellion... Written by the..Earl of Clarendon, late Lord High Chancellor of England.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 433 The Lord High Chancellor of later times, the highest Judge in Equity, the Speaker of the House of Lords, the proverbial Keeper of the King's conscience, arose from more lowly beginnings than any other of the great officers of state.
1997 A. Barnett This Time vi. 173 The legal expert in this case was Lord Hailsham, Lord High Chancellor from 1970 to 1974 and then again from 1979 to 1987.

Derivatives

Lord High ˈChancellorship n. the position or office of Lord High Chancellor; (also) the duration of the term of office of a Lord High Chancellor; cf. Lord Chancellorship n.
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1782 W. Cowper Poems 309 (title) On the promotion of Edward Thurlow, Esq. to the Lord High Chancellorship of England.
1867 J. E. Ritchie Life & Times Viscount Palmerston II. xiv. 295 The learned gentleman..returned to office [as Attorney-General] in June, 1859, although generally named for the Lord High Chancellorship.
1955 Financial Times 29 Jan. 3/6 The accomplishments and contrasting characters of the holders of the Lord High Chancellorship are the subject of two articles..in the February issue.
2004 J. T. Shawcross Arms of Family (2021) (e-book ed.) Under the Lord High Chancellorship of Sir Thomas Coventry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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