cancellarian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌkæn.səˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌkæn.səˈlɛ.ɹi.ən/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin cancellarius + -an.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) Synonym 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 439: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 405: