presidency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The office or role of president.
The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.
The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.
A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.
One of the three original provinces of British India.
The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.

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presidency presidencies presidence

From Medieval Latin praesidentia. By surface analysis, president + -cy.

presidenthood presidentship

postpresidency vice-presidency

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