cancellarian

English

Etymology

From Latin cancellarius + -an.

Adjective

cancellarian (not comparable)

1. (rare) Synonym of cancellarial
   • 1869, John Campbell, Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham, Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, John Murray, page 439:

     [Lord Brougham] was sanguine enough to anticipate a Cancellarian career as long as Lord Eldon's.

   • 1876, Isaac Todhunter, William Whewell, D.D.: An Account of His Writings, With Selections From His Literary and Scientific Correspondence, volume 2, Macmillan & Co., page 405:

     I am Vice-chancellor, as perhaps you know, and must therefore regard matters in a Vice-cancellarian way.