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Lord Chancellor

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Lord Chancellor
n. pl. Lords Chancellor
The presiding officer of the House of Lords.
Lord Chancellor
n
(Law) Brit Government the cabinet minister who is head of the judiciary in England and Wales and Speaker of the House of Lords
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Noun1.Lord Chancellor - the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords
Lord High Chancellor
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
cabinet minister - a person who is a member of the cabinet
Translations
Lord Chancellor
n (Brit) → Lordsiegelbewahrer m, → Lordkanzler m


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Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
All this I saw from the open window of the Warden's breakfast-saloon, looking across the shoulder of the Lord Chancellor, who had sprung to his feet the moment the shouting began, almost as if he had been expecting it, and had rushed to the window which commanded the best view of the market-place.
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Would you care a ha'penny for the Lord Chancellor if you know'd him in private and without his wig?
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