Chancellor vs. Provost
Chancellornoun
A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
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The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.
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(Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.
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(education) The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.
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(Scotland) The foreman of a jury.
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The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction).
Chancellornoun
A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.
Chancellornoun
the person who is head of state (in several countries)
Chancellornoun
the honorary or titular head of a university
Chancellor
Chancellor (Latin: cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. 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.
Provostnoun
One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly:
Provostnoun
A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
Provostnoun
(religion) The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even muezzins.
Provostnoun
(religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
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The head of various colleges and universities.
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(obsolete) A ruler.
Provostnoun
A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
Provostnoun
A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly:
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A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
Provostnoun
A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
Provostnoun
(historical) A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees; a title of the archangel Michael.
Provostnoun
(historical) Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
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(obsolete) A viceroy.
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(obsolete) A governor.
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(obsolete) A reeve.
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(obsolete) Various Roman offices, as prefect and praetor.
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(historical) A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
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(military) An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
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An assistant fencing master.
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A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
Provostverb
To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.
Provostnoun
A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.
Provostnoun
The keeper of a prison.
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a high-ranking university administrator
