praesidium
Britishnoun
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The cast is at its best during the meetings of the praesidium, as contenders for power lean on Malenkov to force a vote for their agenda.
From Economist • Oct. 20, 2017
As a mute and moribund Stalin drifts in and out of consciousness, his petrified praesidium starts planning for what might follow.
From Economist • Oct. 20, 2017
"Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, ... nihil horum ora voltusque moverunt?"
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
Consolator et fundator, Habitator et amator, Cordium humilium, Pelle mala, terge sordes, Et discordes fac Concordes, Et affer praesidium!
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
M. Ant. de Dominis holdeth,654 Crucis signum contra daemones esse praesidium; and that even655 ex opere operato, effectus mirabiles signi crucis, etiam apud infideles, aliquando enituerint.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
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