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- noun Alternative form of
chancellery .
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Examples
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One can hardly fault the man for hoping for the same kind of leadership that most Germans did in the face of post-WWI reparations and the Treaty of Versailles, only to find out once Hitler actually held the chancelry that he was a tyrant of the first stripe.
Those damned media atheists. Ann Althouse 2007
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One can hardly fault the man for hoping for the same kind of leadership that most Germans did in the face of post-WWI reparations and the Treaty of Versailles, only to find out once Hitler actually held the chancelry that he was a tyrant of the first stripe.
Those damned media atheists. Ann Althouse 2007
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He was surrounded by highly educated men, one of whom was John of Neumarkt, the head of his chancelry.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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In reorganizing the imperial chancelry he encouraged the use of German in the imperial documents and thus assured the victory of the national tongue over Latin.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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While he was working at it there arrived one day -- it was in November, 1802 -- a patent of nobility from the chancelry of the Holy Roman Empire.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Kuno Francke 1892
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III he was successively appointed governor of the chancelry of Burgundy, councillor of the provincial Parliament, and subsequently president.
The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 1 Julia Pardoe 1833
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Christ 270, was in Florence, the treasure-house and chancelry of the empire, sojourning there for his pleasure; and the said Decius cruelly persecuted the Christians wheresoever he could hear of them or find them out, and he heard tell how the blessed S. Miniato was living as a hermit, near to Florence, with his disciples and companions, in a wood which was called Arisbotto di Firenze, behind the place where now stands his church, above the city of Florence.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Edward Hutton 1922
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By Henri III he was successively appointed governor of the chancelry of Burgundy, councillor of the provincial Parliament, and subsequently president. ”
The Life of Marie de Medicis Pardoe, Julia 1890
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