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chancellor

chan.cel.lor \'chan(t)-s(*-)l*r\ \-.ship\ n [ME chanceler, fr. OF 
   chancelier, fr. LL cancellarius doorkee]per, secretary, fr. cancellus obs  
   1a: the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king  1b: the lord chancellor 
   of Great Britain  Brit  1c: the chief secretary of an embassy  1d: a Roman 
   Catholic priest heading the office in which diocesan business i s 
   transacted and recorded 2a: the titular head of a British university  2b: a 
   university president  3a: a lay legal officer or advisor of an Anglican 
   diocese  3b: a judge in a court of chancery or equity in various states of 
   the U.S  4: the chief minister of state in some European countries  - 
   chan.cel.lor.ship n