presidentship

American  

[prez-i-duhnt-ship] / ˈprɛz ɪ dəntˌʃɪp /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. presidency.

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Etymology

Origin of presidentship

First recorded in 1515–25; president + -ship

Example Sentences

Two years later he was consecrated bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and resigned his presidentship.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

A revision of the existing canons by a mixed commission, under the presidentship of their common head, the King, was to restore the unity of legislation.

From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von

There is no doubt that General Washington will accept the presidentship; though he is silent on the subject.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

"Mr. Oakes thus being transplanted into the better world, the presidentship was immediately tendered unto Mr. Increase Mather."

From Brief History of English and American Literature by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

He hasn’t a cent; and if you offered him to-morrow the command of an army, or the presidentship of the United States, he wouldn’t take it, and you know he wouldn’t.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis