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chancellary

chancellary is the archaic spelling of chancellery.

Meaning of chancellery

Noun

chancellery (plural chancelleries)

  1. The rank or post of a chancellor.
  2. The office or staff of a chancellor.
  3. The building in which such an office is situated.

Forms of chancellary

pluralchancellaries

Origin of chancellary

Adapted to the suffix -ary and/or the underlying Latin cancellaria.

Questions about chancellary

What is chancellary the archaic spelling of?
Chancellary is the archaic spelling of chancellery.

Words near chancellary in the dictionary

  1. chanceler
  2. chancelers
  3. chanceless
  4. chancelessness
  5. chancellaries
  6. chancellary
  7. chanceller
  8. chancelleries
  9. chancellers
  10. chancellery
  11. chancellor

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