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presidencies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Presidency \Pres"i*den*cy\, n.; pl {Presidencies}. [Cf. F. pr['e]sidence.] 1. The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care 2. The office of president; as Washington was elected to the presidency. 3. The term during which a president holds his office; as during the presidency of Madison. 4. One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.
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