Meanings
adjectivecancellarian (not comparable)
- not comparablerareSynonym of cancellarial.
[Lord Brougham] was sanguine enough to anticipate a Cancellarian career as long as Lord Eldon's.
1869, John Campbell, Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham, Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, John Murray, page 4391 more example
I am Vice-chancellor, as perhaps you know, and must therefore regard matters in a Vice-cancellarian way.
1876, Isaac Todhunter, William Whewell, D.D.: An Account of His Writings, With Selections From His Literary and Scientific Correspondence, volume 2, Macmillan & Co., page 405Synonyms: cancellarial
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of cancellarial.
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Origin
From Latin cancellarius + -an.
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Rhymes with cancellarian
BulgarianvegetarianhumanitarianlibrarianpresbyterianovarianlibertarianMarianunitarianDariensectarianagrariantotalitarianAryanvaleriancontrarianaquarianproletarianSumeriancaesareanarionDariantrinitarianBolivarian
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cancellarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancellarian
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