aldermancyn.
/ˈɔːldəmənsi/, /ˈɒldəmənsi/, U.S. /ˈɔldərmənsi/, /ˈɑldərmənsi/ = aldermanship n.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > alderman > position of
aldermanry1384
aldermanshipc1450
aldermanity1631
aldermancy1845
aldermanate1854
1845 Polit. Dict. I. 91/2 This alderman is not elected at all, but, when the aldermancy is vacant, the other aldermen have, in seniority, the option of taking it.
1898 Times 23 Nov. 12/4 Mr. Henry J. Coles writes with reference to the description..of the Aldermancy of the Bridge Without Ward as a sinecure.
1916 Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci., Arts, & Lett. 18 667 One is tempted to ask if any evidence exists that Chaucer's burgesses were attempting to gain the Aldermancy.
1958 W. T. MacCaffrey Exeter 1540–1640 30 All the chief offices of power—the aldermancies, the justiceships, the lieutenancies, the receivership—were reserved to its members, while all the other officers were dependent upon the council for their appointment.
1996 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Apr. 24 Meanwhile, a ringside seat for Smallweed in the real electoral contest, the battle this week for the aldermancy of Aldersgate Ward, City of London.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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