English Explanatory Dictionary

secret chancellor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, originally the chief priest of the royal chapel, who bore the title of count (ispán); later the head of a separate chancellery concerned with foreign diplomacy.

Word forms

secret chancellor secret chancellors

Etymology

Calque of Hungarian titkos kancellár, itself from Medieval Latin sēcrētus cancellārius. Compare English privy.

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