chancellour

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A form of chancellor — A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.

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Meanings

nounchancellour (plural chancellours)

plural chancellours

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of chancellor.

    The 6ᵗʰ daye after, the Duke beyng infourmyd of myne arryvayle, sent his Chancellour to myne inne, desyryng to knowe the cause of my comying tether; [...]

    1533 September 6, Stephen Vaughan, “CCCLXXVI. Vaughan to King Henry VIII.”, in State Papers Published under the Authority of Her Majesty’s Commission, volumes VII (King Henry the Eighth. Part V.—Continued.), London: Printed by George E[dward] Eyre and William Spottiswoode, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 502
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