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presidency

 

  3  definitions  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  presidency 
  n  1:  the  tenure  of  a  president;  "things  were  quiet  during  the 
  Eisenhower  administration"  [syn:  {presidential  term},  {administration}] 
  2:  the  office  and  function  of  president  [syn:  {presidentship}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PRESIDENCY,  n.  The  greased  pig  in  the  field  game  of  American 
  politics.




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