HOW TO PRONOUNCE
presidency
/ˈpɹɛzədənsi/
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What does presidency mean?
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.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.
- The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.
- (historical) One of the three original provinces of British India.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɹɛzədənsi/
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An exciting campaign for the presidency was at hand, and the proposed grant for the telegraph was forgotten.
Called to the presidency, he at once took his stand against teachings so dangerous to Christianity as those of Drs.
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It shall also monitor the implementation of agreed policies, without prejudice to the responsibility of the Presidency and the Commission.
But it was uphill work, and after a time he resigned the presidency and abandoned the institution to its fate.
One Sunday evening he made an almost casual reference to the time when he first met Garfield, then a candidate for the Presidency.