mayoralty

[ mey-er-uhl-tee, mair-uhl- ]

noun

, plural may·or·al·ties.

1. the office or tenure of a mayor.

mayoralty

/ ˈmɛərəltɪ /

noun

1. the office or term of office of a mayor

Word History and Origins

Origin of mayoralty¹

1350–1400; mayor + -al ¹ + -ty ²; replacing Middle English mairaltee < Middle French mairalte

Word History and Origins

Origin of mayoralty¹

C14: from Old French mairalté

Example Sentences

That was Gavin Newsom, who would go on to win the mayoralty and, years later, Davis’s old job.

From Washington Post

Which candidate carries this political borough may well decide who wins the mayoralty.

From FiveThirtyEight

De Blasio has made universal pre-K the centerpiece of his mayoralty.

From The Daily Beast

The prize this time is not the Democratic nomination for president but the mayoralty of Los Angeles.

From The Daily Beast

In 2009, Castro won the mayoralty with 56 percent of the vote.

From The Daily Beast

But as Smith has pointed out, good behavior has never been a prerequisite for the mayoralty.

From The Daily Beast

When Gray decided to go for the mayoralty last March, Fenty was flush with cash and did not expect a challenge.

From The Daily Beast

The town was divided into five wards, each represented by an alderman, the aldermen alone being eligible for the mayoralty.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Croker meant Mr. Nixon for the mayoralty; but the plotting eighteen, intriguing with Brooklyn blocked the way with Mr. Coler.

From Project Gutenberg

It was afterwards, during the mayoralty of John Baker, 1733, "new gravell'd and rail'd in a very strong and handsome manner."

From Project Gutenberg

The man I visited was one of the usual type, a man of civic honours, with the aspirations of a mayoralty, I surmised.

From Project Gutenberg

Having thus succeeded in avoiding gaol, he promptly ran for the Mayoralty, and was duly elected.

From Project Gutenberg