presidency
IPA: prˈɛzʌdʌnsi
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.
- (Mormonism) A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.
- (Britain, historical) One of the three original provinces of British India.
- (Christianity) The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.
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Examples of "presidency" in Sentences
- The presidency is a role that requires great probity.
- The role of courts was slashed, and the Presidency was gone.