secret chancellor
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Hungarian titkos kancellár, itself from Medieval Latin sēcrētus cancellārius. Compare English privy.
Noun[edit]
secret chancellor (plural secret chancellors)
- (historical) 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.
- 2000, András Gábor, Gábor Máthé, The Hungarian State: Thousand Years in Europe, page 36:
- The ruler would more and more often entrust the secret chancellor with diplomatic missions abroad.
- 2021, Alexandru Simon, In the World of Vlad: The Lives and Times of a Warlord, page 157:
- Vetesi was the king’s experienced diplomat, as well as former secret chancellor.