Definitions for Chancellor
ˈtʃæn sə lər, -slər, ˈtʃɑn-chan·cel·lor

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellornoun

   the British cabinet minister responsible for finance

2. chancellor, premier, prime ministernoun

   the person who is head of state (in several countries)

3. chancellornoun

   the honorary or titular head of a university

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. chancellornoun

   A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.

2. chancellornoun

   Head of a chancery.

3. chancellornoun

   An important notary; a person in charge of some area of government, often justice or finance.

4. chancellornoun

   The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.

5. chancellornoun

   The head of parliamentary government in some German speaking countries.

6. chancellornoun

   A record keeper for a diocese or equivalent religious area.

7. chancellornoun

   Foreman of a jury.

8. chancellornoun

   Chancellor of the Exchequer.

9. Etymology: chaunceler, from chancelier, from cancellarius, a director of chancery, from. See chancel.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chancellornoun

   Etymology: cancellarius, Lat. chancelier, Fr. from cancellare, literas vel scriptum linea per medium ducta damnare, and seemeth of itself likewise to be derived à cancellis, which signify all one with ϰινϰλιδις, a lettice; that is, a thing made of wood or iron bars, laid crossways one over another, so that a man may see through them in and out. It may be thought that judgment seats were compassed in with bars, to defend the judges and other officers from the press of the multitude, and yet not to hinder any man's view.

   Quæsitus regni tibi cancellarius Angli,
   Primus solliciti mente petendus erit.
   Hic est, qui regni leges cancellat iniquas,
   Et mandata pii principis æqua facit. Verses of Nigel de Wetekre to the bishop of Ely, chancellor to Richard I.

   1.Cancellarius, at the first, signified the registers or actuaries in court; grapharios, scil. qui conscribendis & excipiendis judicum actis dant operam. But this name is greatly advanced, and not only in other kingdoms but in this, is given to him that is the chief judge in causes of property; for the chancellor hath power to moderate and temper the written law, and subjecteth himself only to the law of nature and conscience. John Cowell

   Turn out, you rogue, how like a beast you lie:
   Go, buckle to the law: Is this an hour
   To stretch your limbs? you’ll ne’er be chancellor. John Dryden.

   Aristides was a person of the strictest justice, and best acquainted with the laws, as well as forms of their government; so that he was in a manner chancellor of Athens. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Chancellor in the Ecclesiastical Court.A bishop’s lawyer; a man trained up in the civil and canon law, to direct the bishops in matters of judgment, relating as well to criminal as to civil affairs in the church. John Ayliffe Parergon.3. Chancellor of a Cathedral. A dignitary, whose office it is to superintend the regular exercise of devotion.4. Chancellor of the Exchequer.An officer who sits in that court, and in the exchequer chamber, and, with the rest of the court, ordereth things to the king’s best benefit. He has power, with others, to compound for forfeitures on penal statutes, bonds and recognizances entered into by the king. He has great authority in managing the royal revenue, and in matters of first-fruits. The court of equity is in the exchequer chamber, and is held before the lord treasurer, chancellor, and barons, as that of common law before the barons only. John Cowell Ephraim Chambers5. Chancellor of an University. The principal magistrate, who, at Oxford, holds his office during life, but, at Cambridge , he may be elected every three years.6. Chancellor of the Order of the Garter,and other military orders, is an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their deliberations, and delivers their acts under the seal of the order. Ephraim Chambers

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chancellornoun

   a judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction

2. Etymology: [OE. canceler, chaunceler, F. chancelier, LL. cancellarius chancellor, a director of chancery, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars, which surrounded the seat of judgment. See Chancel.]

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1. Chancellor

   Chancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience. A chancellor's office is called a chancellery or chancery. The word is now used in the titles of many various officers in all kinds of settings. Nowadays the term is most often used to describe: ⁕the head of the government ⁕a person in charge of foreign affairs ⁕a person with duties related to justice ⁕a person in charge of financial and economic matters ⁕the head of a university

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chancellor

   chan′sel-or, n. (Shak.) secretary: the president of a court of chancery or other court: the official who keeps the registers of an order of knighthood: the titular head of a university: (Scot.) the foreman of a jury.—ns. Chan′cellorship; Chan′cellory.—Chancellor of a cathedral, an officer who formerly had charge of the chapter library, custody of the common seal, superintendence of the choir practices, and headship of the cathedral schools; Chancellor of a diocese, an ecclesiastical judge uniting the functions of vicar-general and official principal, appointed to assist the bishop in questions of ecclesiastical law, and hold his courts for him; Chancellor of the Exchequer, the chief minister of finance in the British government; Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor, the presiding judge of the Court of Chancery, the keeper of the great seal, and the first lay person of the state after the blood-royal. [Fr. chancelier—Low L. cancellarius, orig. an officer that had charge of records, and stood near the cancelli (L.), the crossbars that surrounded the judgment-seat.]

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1. • Cabinet Minister
   • Principal

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Chancellor' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2762

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Chancellor' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3742

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Chancellor' in Nouns Frequency: #1177

How to pronounce Chancellor?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Chancellor in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Chancellor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Chancellor in a Sentence

1. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko:

   We need more to be able to defend ourselves and protect our soldiers. We need radar reconnaissance, drones, radio and night-vision equipment. I am going to talk to the Chancellor about this, it's not about weapons of attack -- we don't want to attack anyone.

2. Sebastian Kurz:

   The opposition always had the goal to get rid of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. And today, they succeeded, i ask you to recognize this decision, it's a democratic decision and there is no room for anger, sadness or hatred.

3. Duncan Smith:

   The resignation of Iain Duncan Smith reveals a Government in disarray and a Chancellor who has lost the credibility to manage the economy in the interests of the majority of our people, the Chancellor has failed the British people. He should follow the honorable course taken by Iain Duncan Smith and resign.

4. Thomas Jaeger:

   Both the chancellor and (Bavaria's Horst) Seehofer are damaged. This is an agreement that cannot be implemented but it allows both of them to save face.

5. Horst Seehofer:

   We wish the chancellor much luck, this is not about winning time or anything like that but rather that in July, if there is no result at European level, we must implement this - that is a question for the functioning of our constitutional state.

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