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单词 Lord Chancellor
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chancellor /chänˈsə-lər/

noun
  1. A court secretary (historical)
  2. A chief minister
  3. The president, or a judge, of a court of chancery or other court
  4. The official who keeps the registers of an order of knighthood
  5. The titular or (US) active head of a university
  6. The foreman of a jury (Scot)
ORIGIN: Fr chancelier, from LL cancellārius orig an officer that had charge of records, and stood near the cancelli (L), crossbars surrounding the judgement seat

chanˈcellery or chanˈcellory noun

  1. The position, department, residence, etc of a chancellor
  2. The office attached to an embassy or consulate

chanˈcellorship noun

chancellor of a cathedral

An officer who had charge of the chapter library, custody of the common seal, superintendence of the choir practices, and headship of the cathedral schools

chancellor of a diocese

An ecclesiastical judge uniting the functions of vicar-general and official principal, appointed to assist the bishop in questions of ecclesiastical law, and hold his courts for him

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

A government minister employed on parliamentary work, nominally appointed as representative of the Queen as Duchess of Lancaster

Chancellor of the Exchequer

The chief minister of finance in the British government

Lord Chancellor or Lord High Chancellor

A senior member of the British government, historically holding the roles of Speaker of the House of Lords, head of the judiciary of England and Wales, and keeper of the Great Seal

lord /lörd/ (with cap when used as a prefix)

noun
  1. A master
  2. A feudal superior (also lordˈ-supeˈrior; historical)
  3. A ruler
  4. The proprietor of a manor (historical)
  5. A titled nobleman, duke (not prefixed), marquess, earl, viscount or (esp) baron
  6. A peer
  7. By courtesy, the son of a duke or marquess, or the eldest son of an earl
  8. A bishop, esp if a member of the House of Lords
  9. A judge of the Court of Session
  10. Used in various official titles, such as Lord Chief Justice
  11. (with cap) God
  12. (with cap) Christ
  13. An owner (archaic)
  14. A dominant person
  15. A husband, esp in the phrase lord and master (archaic or facetious)
transitive verb
  1. (with it) to act like a lord, tyrannize
  2. To address as lord
  3. To make a lord (archaic)
interjection

Expressing surprise (informal lor, lor’, law or lordˈy)

ORIGIN: ME lovered, laverd, from OE hlāford, from hlāf bread, and ward (WSax weard) keeper, guardian

lordˈing noun (archaic)

  1. Sir (usu in pl, gentlemen)
  2. A petty lord

lordˈless adjective

lordˈlike adjective

lordˈliness noun

lordˈling noun

  1. A little lord
  2. A would-be lord (also lordˈkin)

lordˈly adjective

  1. Like, befitting, or in the manner of a lord
  2. Magnificent
  3. Lavish
  4. Lofty
  5. Haughty, proud
  6. Tyrannical
adverb

In a lordly manner

lordolˈatry noun (joc)

Worship of nobility

lordˈship noun

  1. The state or condition of being a lord
  2. The territory of a lord (historical)
  3. Dominion
  4. Authority
  5. Used in referring to or addressing a lord (with his or your), or a woman sheriff or judge (with her or your)

Lord Advocate see under advocate

Lord Chancellor see under chancellor

Lord Chief Justice see under justice

Lord High Admiral see under admiral

Lord Lieutenant see under lieutenant

Lord Mayor see under mayor

Lord Muck see under muck

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary noun

A judge appointed to the House of Lords to hear appeals to the House in its capacity as court of final appeal

Lord of Misrule see under misrule

Lord of Session noun

A judge of the Court of Session

Lord Provost see under provost

lords and ladies noun (botany)

Common arum

Lord's Day noun

Sunday

Lords Ordinary plural noun

The judges forming the Outer House of the Court of Session

Lord's Prayer noun

The prayer that Christ taught his disciples (Matthew 6.9–13)

Lords Spiritual plural noun

The archbishops and bishops (and formerly mitred abbots) in the House of Lords

Lord's Supper noun

Holy communion

Lord's table noun

The communion table

Lords Temporal plural noun

The lay peers

lord-superior see lord (n) above.

drunk as a lord

Extremely drunk

House of Lords

The upper house of the British parliament

live like a lord

To live in luxury

Lord knows (who, what, etc)

I don't know, and I doubt if anybody knows

My Lord /mi-lördˈ or mi-ludˈ/

  1. Used in addressing a judge or other lord
  2. Formerly also used as a prefix

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