mayoralty

From Middle English mairaltee, from Middle French mairalté.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /meɪˈɔː.ɹəl.ti/, /ˈmɛə.ɹəl.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /meɪˈɔ.ɹəl.ti/, /ˈmeɪ.ə.ɹəl.ti/

mayoralty (countable and uncountable, plural mayoralties)

1. The office of a mayor, or the tenure during which a particular mayor holds office, where the time span may encompass one term or multiple terms.
   • 2009 February 16, Simon Romero, “Chávez Decisively Wins Bid to End Term Limits”, in New York Times‎:

     The results, coming after voters had rejected a similar effort by Mr. Chávez just 15 months ago, pointed to his resilience after a decade in power, as well as to the fragmentation of his opposition, which as recently as November had won key mayoralties and governorships.

   • 2021, “Mayoralty of Boris Johnson”, in Wikipedia‎, retrieved 2021-11-10:

     During his mayoralty, Johnson oversaw the preparations and hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics and oversaw the cycle hire scheme, both initiated by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.

• administration (tenure of an officeholder; for example, "the Bloomberg administration" means the "mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg")