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
- Turkey will assume the term presidency of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers for six months as of November 2010.
- The trepidation you feel about the possibility of a Palin presidency is probably akin to what conservatives feel about an Obama presidency.
- Though, the good thing about a McCain presidency is that when he institutes a draft so that he can declare war on Iran and Syria and North Korea, the gays will be staying home.
- Do you really think a McCain presidency is going to allow Mrs. Clinton to become a part of any major policy-making or allow her ideas to immediately come to the forefront of discussions?
- Turkey will take over the term presidency of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) from Kazakhstan during a CICA summit meeting to be held in Istanbul next summer.
- Yet there's nothing remotely surprising about them: Republicans have repeatedly said similar things in the past, and some (see DeMint, Jim) have openly acted as if guaranteeing a one-term Obama presidency is their number-one animating goal for two years now.
- Turkey and Kazakhstan, two countries that have common historical and cultural ties, will put their mark on the Eurasian region in 2010, as Kazakhstan's one-year chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) formally began last month and Turkey will take over the term presidency of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) from Kazakhstan in June.
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