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Chancellor vs Emperor - What's the difference?

chancellor | emperor |

As nouns the difference between chancellor and emperor

is that chancellor is a judicial court of chancery, which in england and in the united states is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction while emperor is the male monarch or ruler of an empire.

chancellor

English

(Webster 1913)

Alternative forms

(Alternative forms) * chanceler (obsolete) * chanceller (obsolete) * chaunceler (obsolete) * chaunceller (obsolete) * chancelor (obsolete) * chancelour (obsolete) * chancellour (obsolete) * chauncelor (obsolete) * chauncellor (obsolete) * chauncelour (obsolete) * chauncellour (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia chancellor) (en noun)
  • A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.
  • Head of a chancery.
  • An important notary; a person in charge of some area of government, often justice or finance.
  • The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.
  • The head of parliamentary government in some German speaking countries.
  • A record keeper for a diocese or equivalent religious area.
  • (Scotland) Foreman of a jury.
  • (UK) Chancellor of the Exchequer.
  • Usage notes

    The chancellor was originally a chief scribe or secretary under the Roman emperors, but afterward was invested with judicial powers, and had superintendence over the other officers of the empire. From the Roman empire this office passed to the church, and every bishop has his chancellor, the principal judge of his consistory. In later times, in most countries of Europe, the chancellor was a high officer of state, keeper of the great seal of the kingdom, and having the supervision of all charters, and like public instruments of the crown, which were authenticated in the most solemn manner. In France a secretary is in some cases called a chancellor. In Scotland, the appellation is given to the foreman of a jury, or assize. In Germany since the unification under Bismarck the office of Chancellor (styled "Reich Chancellor" under the Weimar Constitution and the Nazi dictatorship) is the President of the Federal Council and the head of the German Federal Government. In the United States, the title is given to certain judges of courts of chancery or equity, established by the statutes of separate States. Blackstone. Wharton.

    Derived terms

    * Chancellor of a bishop * Chancellor of a cathedral * Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster * Chancellor of a university, the chief officer of a collegiate body. * Chancellor of the exchequer * Chancellor of the order of the Garter (or other military orders), an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights * Lord high chancellor of England

    Synonyms

    * (head of a university) provost, rector, president, principal, master, mistress * (head of parliamentary government in German speaking countries) Bundeskanzler, Bundeskanzlerin (female), Kanzler, Kanzlerin (female), premier, prime minister, PM, Reichskanzler (historical)

    emperor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * emperour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
  • (medieval political theory ) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
  • The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
  • A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
  • * 2001 , Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
  • But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors , etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles

    Usage notes

    * An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.

    Derived terms

    * emperor goose * emperor moth * emperor paper * emperor penguin * little emperor

    Anagrams

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