mayoralty

IPA: mˈeɪɝʌɫti

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.

Examples of "mayoralty" in Sentences

The measure has since gained widespread acceptance, and Mr. Bloomberg considers it one of the greatest achievements of his mayoralty.
Among Giuliani's most notable accomplishments during his mayoralty was his successful assault on pornography businesses in Times Square.
Among Giuliani's most notable accomplishments during his mayoralty was his successful assault on [[pornography]] businesses in [[Times Square]].
It is one of many signs that his mayoralty will be a disaster for London, a disaster for the community relations essential to everybody's quality of life.
Just 15 short days ago - a blink of an eye in the geological time frame of a three-term mayoralty - public school students across the city were demanding the ouster of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
The mayoralty was a much coveted prize, as the incumbent not only presided over the common council and wielded much patronage, but was also presiding judge of a court of record with peculiar and extensive powers.
Although careful to avoid discussing his personal life, I set out to establish him not only as a war-lover but as a totalitarian, in the general sense of someone with an authoritarian disposition who wishes to use the state for such ends as placing the "chronic welfare cases" of New York City in "rehabilitation centers" outside the city (a proposal made in the mayoralty campaign of 1965).