Chancellor

Various governments have a Chancellor who serves as some form of junior or senior minister.

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Government - Chancellor

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Chancellor (Latin: cancellarius), an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. At different times and in different countries it has stood and stands for very various duties, and has been, and is, borne by officers of various degrees of dignity. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice- ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience. A Chancellor's office is called a chancellery or chancery.

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Latin - Title - Roman empire - Cancellarii - Basilica - Chancellery - Chancery

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