mayoralty

English

Etymology

From Middle English mairaltee, from Middle French mairalté.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /meɪˈɔː.ɹəl.ti/, /ˈmɛə.ɹəl.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /meɪˈɔ.ɹəl.ti/, /ˈmeɪ.ə.ɹəl.ti/

Noun

mayoralty (countable and uncountable, plural mayoralties)

1. The office of a mayor, or the tenure during which a particular mayor holds office, where the time span may encompass one term or multiple terms.
   • 2009 February 16, Simon Romero, “Chávez Decisively Wins Bid to End Term Limits”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The results, coming after voters had rejected a similar effort by Mr. Chávez just 15 months ago, pointed to his resilience after a decade in power, as well as to the fragmentation of his opposition, which as recently as November had won key mayoralties and governorships.

   • 2021, “Mayoralty of Boris Johnson”, in Wikipedia, retrieved 2021-11-10:

     During his mayoralty, Johnson oversaw the preparations and hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics and oversaw the cycle hire scheme, both initiated by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.

Synonyms

• mayorship

Translations

the office or term of a mayor

• Belarusian: мэ́рыя f (méryja)
• Finnish: pormestarius, kaupunginjohtajuus
• French: mairie (fr) f
• Georgian: მერია (meria)
• German: Bürgermeisteramt n
• Greek: δημαρχία (el) f (dimarchía)
• Italian: sindacatura f
• Maori: meatanga
• Russian: мэ́рия (ru) f (mɛ́rija)
• Ukrainian: ме́рія f (mérija)

See also

• administration (tenure of an officeholder; for example, "the Bloomberg administration" means the "mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg")