mayoralty

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the office or position of a mayor, or the period during which a particular mayor serves

   During her mayoralty, the city expanded its public transit network.

From Middle English mairaltee, from French mairalte, naming the office of a maire ('mayor'). Mayor ultimately comes from Latin maior ('greater, superior'), the comparative of magnus ('great'); the civic title developed for a town's chief officer, and mayoralty for the office or tenure.

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