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Webster 1913 Edition
Presidency
Pres′i-den-cy
,Noun.
pl.
Presidencies
(#)
. [Cf. F.
présidence
.] 1.
The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
2.
The office of president;
as, Washington was elected to the
. presidency
3.
The term during which a president holds his office;
as, during the
. presidency
of Madison4.
One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.
Webster 1828 Edition
Presidency
PRES'IDENCY
,Noun.
1.
The office of president. Washington was elected to the presidency of the United States by a unanimous vote of the electors.2.
The term during which a president holds his office. President J. Adams died during the presidency of his son.3.
The jurisdiction of a president; as in the British dominions in the East Indies.4.
The family or suit of a president. A worthy clergyman belonging to the presidency of Fort St. George.
Definition 2024
presidency
presidency
English
Noun
presidency (plural presidencies)
- The office or role of president.
- After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.
- 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
- The Clintons, who once seemed banished to the wilds of Westchester County, are once again the most powerful family in Democratic politics, with talk of another Clinton presidency already rife in Washington.
- The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.
- Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions.
- The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.
- In France, a presidency lasts for five years.
- Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.
Translations
office or role of president
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bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives
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time during which one is president
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