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[ mey-er-uhl-tee, mair-uhl- ] / ˈmeɪ ər əl ti, ˈmɛər əl- /
noun, plural may·or·al·ties.the office or tenure of a mayor. Origin of mayoralty1350–1400; mayor + -al1 + -ty2; replacing Middle English mairaltee<Middle French mairalte Words nearby mayoraltymayn't, mayo, Mayon, mayonnaise, mayor, mayoralty, mayoress, Mayo-Robson's position, mayor of the palace, mayor's court, Mayo's operation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mayoraltyDe Blasio has made universal pre-K the centerpiece of his mayoralty. The Real Reasons New York has the Country’s Most Segregated Schools|Conor P. Williams|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST The prize this time is not the Democratic nomination for president but the mayoralty of Los Angeles. Obama Vs. Clinton, the Rematch, in the Los Angeles Race for Mayor|David Freedlander|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST In 2009, Castro won the mayoralty with 56 percent of the vote. Can Julian Castro, Democrats’ Keynote Speaker, Out-Obama Obama?|Andrew Romano|September 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST But as Smith has pointed out, good behavior has never been a prerequisite for the mayoralty. Survey: Anthony Weiner Could Still Be New York Mayor|David A. Graham|June 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
When Gray decided to go for the mayoralty last March, Fenty was flush with cash and did not expect a challenge. A Talk with D.C.'s New Mayor|Sandra McElwaine|November 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST In her view of things, the sun had set on the glory of mayoralty for ever. Old and New London|Walter Thornbury Then he put the elder Harrison in the mayoralty chair, and after that he had plain sailing. Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World|Clifton R. Wooldridge He resigned his aldermanry in 1502, on the pretext of poverty, apparently in order to avoid the expense of mayoralty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1|Various He is chosen from among the Aldermen, is justice of the quorum during his mayoralty, and afterwards justice of the peace for life. The Norwich Directory [1802]|Thomas Peck The mayoralty was blamed for having, in 1820, planted poplars along the banks of the moat to shade the promenade.
British Dictionary definitions for mayoralty
noun plural -tiesthe office or term of office of a mayor Word Origin for mayoraltyC14: from Old French mairalté Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |