chancellor : Idioms & Phrases

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Chancellor of a bishop, ∨ of a diocese

  • (R. C. Ch. & ch. of Eng.), a law officer appointed to hold the bishop's court in his diocese, and to assist him in matter of ecclesiastical law.
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Chancellor of a cathedral

  • one of the four chief dignitaries of the cathedrals of the old foundation, and an officer whose duties are chiefly educational, with special reference to the cultivation of theology.
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Chancellor of a university

  • the chief officer of a collegiate body. In Oxford, he is elected for life; in Cambridge, for a term of years; and his office is honorary, the chief duties of it devolving on the vice chancellor.
Webster 1913

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

  • an officer before whom, or his deputy, the court of the duchy chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction.
Webster 1913

Chancellor of the exchequer

  • noun the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
    Chancellor.
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  • a member of the British cabinet upon whom devolves the charge of the public income and expenditure as the highest finance minister of the government.
Webster 1913

Chancellor of the order of the Garter

  • (or other military orders), an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the seal of their order.
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iron chancellor

  • noun German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)
    Otto von Bismarck; Bismarck; Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck; von Bismarck; Prince Otto von Bismarck.
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lord chancellor

  • noun the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords
    Lord Chancellor.
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lord high chancellor

  • noun the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords
    Lord Chancellor.
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Lord high chancellor, Lord high constable

  • etc. See Chancellor, Constable, etc.
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Lord high chancellor of England

  • the presiding judge in the court of chancery, the highest judicial officer of the crown, and the first lay person of the state after the blood royal. He is created chancellor by the delivery into his custody of the great seal, of which he becomes keeper. He is privy counselor by his office, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription.
Webster 1913

Vice chancellor

  • noun a deputy or assistant to someone bearing the title of chancellor
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  • . (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery.
Webster 1913