The head of the University who isn't here Currently Lord Jenkins of SDP (RIP) and `clawet' fame Normally somebody you have heard of (cf , Vice-Chancellor )
{i} prime minister of certain European countries; secretary to a king or other important official; administrative officer of a university (USA); title of certain judges; priest in charge of a chancery (Catholicism)
one of the dignitaries in an old foundation cathedral concerned with the cathedral school and the library, every diocese also has a lay chancellor as its legal officer
A french-american hybrid with origins in the Rhone Valley of France Hardy, ripens in early to mid-October but has extreme susceptibility to fungal diseases, particularly downy and powdery mildew, in Michigan, Ohio and currently, 1997, is not widely recommended Was also grown and very popular in France where it was used to produce high quality red and rose' wines Now being replaced by varieties stipulated by E U rules Also grown in the cooler regions of Eastern U S and Canada
A petty officer in the Roman law courts stationed at the chancel (q v ) as usher of the court In the Eastern Empire he was a secretary or notary, subsequently invested with judicial functions The office was introduced into England by Edward the Confessor, and under the Norman kings the chancellor was made official secretary of all important legal documents In France, the chancellor was the royal notary, president of the councils, and keeper of the Great Seal
The official, appointed by the bishop, whose duties include drawing up official reports on the government of the diocese, the authentication of documents, and the supervision of diocesan archives
the spiritual head of a clerical house, order, college, or university; in some dioceses the chancellor is the chief administrative assistant to the bishop; at Sewanee the Chancellor is the bishop of one of the owning dioceses who has special religious oversight of the University and who is the president of the Board of Trustees