presidency

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The office or role of president.

   • After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.
   • The American people gave me the priceless privilege of serving them in the Presidency.
   • The presidencies of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were marked by the resistance of both men to confessing mistakes; Bush's advisers long made it clear that he viewed such acknowledgments as akin to admitting weakness.
2. 2

   The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the…

   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.
3. 3

   The time during which one is president

   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.
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   1. 4

      A supreme local council made up of three persons

      A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.

   2. 5

      One of the three original provinces of British India.

   3. 6

      The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.

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• synonympresidenthood
• synonympresidentship