Chancellor vs Dean - What's the difference?
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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.
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science'') or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the ''dean of students ).
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canon.
The senior member of some group of people.
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(Sussex) a hill (chiefly place names).
As nouns the difference between dean and chancellor
is that dean is a senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students) while chancellor is a judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.As a verb dean
is {{cx|intransitive|rare|lang=en}} To serve as a dean.As a proper noun Dean
is a title afforded to a dean.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)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 EnglandSynonyms
* (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)External links
* ("chancellor" on Wikipedia) * * *dean
English
(wikipedia dean)Noun
(en noun)- dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador
- dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature
- All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean , Alice Hart, collected