Meaning of presidency | Babel Free

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1. The office or role of president.
   countable, uncountable
2. The office or role of president
3. to be the chairman of a meeting etc. The prime minister presided at/over the meeting. voorsitter wees يَرأس، يَتَرأس председателствам presidir předsedat den Vorsitz haben præsidere over; lede προεδρεύωpresidir (koosolekut) juhatama ریاست جلسه یا چیز دیگری را عهده دار شدن toimia puheenjohtajana présider לְנָהֵל संचालन करना predsjedati, sjediti na čelu elnököl memimpin stjórna; vera í forsæti presiedere 司会する 사회를 하다 pirmininkauti vadīt (sapulci), būt par priekšsēdētāju menjadi pengerusi voorzitt...
   etc
4. The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.
   countable, uncountable
5. The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president
6. a presidential election. presidensieel رِئاسي، مُخْتَص بالرِّئاسَه президентски presidencial prezidentský Präsidentschafts-... præsident- προεδρικόςpresidencial presidendi- وابسته به رئیس جمهور presidentin- présidentielנשיאות अध्यक्षीय predsjednički elnöki presiden forseta- presidenziale 大統領の 대통령의 prezidento prezidenta- presiden presidents-president-, leder- prezydencki په ولسمشر باندى مربوط presidencial prezidenţial президентский prezidentský predsedniški predsednički president- เกี่ยวกับประ...
7. The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.
   countable, uncountable
8. The time during which one is president; a president's term of office
9. The office, function, or term of a president.
10. A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.
    Mormonism, countable, uncountable
11. A supreme local council made up of three persons; the highest authority
12. The office of president of a republic.
13. One of the three original provinces of British India.
    British, India, countable, historical, uncountable
14. One of the three original provinces of British India
15. Mormon Church a. A governing body on a local level consisting of three men.
    Mormon Church
16. The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.
    countable, uncountable
17. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. the office, dignity, or term of a president
18. (Christian Churches, other) Mormon Church a. a local administrative council consisting of a president and two executive members
    Mormon Church
19. the office, function, or term of office of a president.
20. (often cap.) the office of President of the United States.
21. (in the Mormon Church) a. a local governing body consisting of a council of three.

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“For some, the political damage proved modest. But for others, the investigations came to consume and even threaten their presidencies, at least for a time.”

“Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions.”

“In France, a presidency lasts for five years.”

“Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.”

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