cancellarian

English

Etymology

From Latin cancellarius + -an.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cancellarian (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of cancellarial.
    • 1869, John Campbell, Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham, Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, John Murray, page 439:
      [Lord Brougham] was sanguine enough to anticipate a Cancellarian career as long as Lord Eldon's.
    • 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:
      I am Vice-chancellor, as perhaps you know, and must therefore regard matters in a Vice-cancellarian way.
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