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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cancellarial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkæn.səˈlɛəɹi.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌkæn.səˈlɛɹi.əl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin cancellarius + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Pertaining to a chancellor.
    • He was active too in other cancellarial duties, figuring prominently in the drive against Lollardy of 1511–12. 2003, Richard Rex, The Theology of John Fisher, Cambridge University Press, page 24:
    • He made an excellent Chancellor; and no one could have looked better in the Cancellarial robes. 1889, Sir William Fraser, Words on Wellington, John C. Nimmo, page 176:

Synonyms

cancellarian