| 单词 | vice-chancellorship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvice-ˈchancellorship vice-ˈchancellorship n. the office or dignity of a vice-chancellor; the period during which this is held. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > Lord High Chancellor or Great Seal > deputy or assistant > position of vice-chancellorship1579 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 4 He made the Pope promise him..the office of vicechancellorshippe (the principallest place in the Court of Rome). ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat 29 T. C. in Cambridge first inuented this violent innouation, when as his mounting ambition went through euery kinde of Ambitus, to compasse the Office of the Vice~chauncelour-ship. 1655 T. Bayly Life J. Fisher 10 But now Vicechancellour-ship, Mastership and all must be laid downe. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 593 He did undergo with great honor the Vicechancellourship of this University. 1761 T. Warton Life Bathurst 94 The spirited orations which he spoke in his Vice-chancellorship. 1813 S. Romilly in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 15 Feb. The Vice-Chancellorship might in a short time become a sinecure. 1889 W. Wilson State (1893) §426. 266 [The German chancellor] is..ultimately responsible in every case—even for the non-exercise of his office. The vice-chancellorship is only a convenience. < as lemmas |
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