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cancellarian

UK/ˌkæn.səˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/US/ˌkæn.səˈlɛ.ɹi.ən/

cancellarian adjective: synonym of cancellarial.

Adjective

cancellarian (not comparable)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    cancellarial

Synonyms of cancellarian

Origin of cancellarian

From Latin cancellarius + -an.

Words that rhyme with cancellarian

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Questions about cancellarian

What does cancellarian mean?
Cancellarian means synonym of cancellarial.
What part of speech is cancellarian?
Cancellarian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cancellarian?
Cancellarian is pronounced /ˌkæn.səˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/ (UK).

Words near cancellarian in the dictionary

  1. cancell'd
  2. cancellability
  3. cancellable
  4. cancellarean
  5. cancellarial
  6. cancellarian
  7. cancellariate
  8. cancellariid
  9. cancellariids
  10. cancellate
  11. cancellated

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