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presidency

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Etymology

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FromMedieval Latinpraesidentia. Bysurface analysis,president +‎-cy.

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Noun

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presidency (countable anduncountable,pluralpresidencies)

  1. Theoffice orrole ofpresident.
    After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to thepresidency.
    • 1963,Dwight Eisenhower,Mandate for Change 1953-1956‎[1],Garden City,New York:Doubleday & Company,→LCCN,→OCLC,page 4:
      The American people gave me the priceless privilege of serving them in thePresidency.
    • 2009 February 5, Adam Nagourney, “The pros and cons of admitting a presidential error”, inThe New York Times‎[2]:
      Thepresidencies 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.
    • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, inThe New York Times‎[3]:
      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 Clintonpresidency already rife in Washington.
    • 2023 January 13, Peter Baker, “Presidents and Their Prosecutors”, inThe New York Times‎[4]:
      For some, the political damage proved modest. But for others, the investigations came to consume and even threaten theirpresidencies, at least for a time.
  2. The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.
    Because of the president's lame duck status, thepresidency was often hampered by congressional actions.
  3. The time during which one is president; a president'sterm of office.
    In France, apresidency lasts for five years.
    Ernest was a historian specializing in thepresidency of Herbert Hoover.
  4. (Mormonism) A supreme local council made up of three persons;(usually capitalized; alsoFirst Presidency) the highest authority.
  5. (British, India, historical) One of the three originalprovinces ofBritish India.
  6. (Christianity) The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of theEucharist in some denominations.

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office or role of president
bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives
time during which one is president
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