presidency
noun, plural pres·i·den·cies.
- a local governing body consisting of a council of three.
- (often initial capital letter)the highest administrative body, composed of the prophet and his two councilors.
Origin of presidency
Related Words for presidency
legislature, management, ministry, executive, cabinet, bureau, board, committee, department, regime, power, union, authority, state, rule, politics, law, upstairs, general, chairExamples from the Web for presidency
Contemporary Examples of presidency
I—I never felt that way about the presidency, as you—as you probably know.
Ortega has dismissed the allegations of autocracy and fraud that have afflicted his presidency as politically motivated.
In the election of 1860 in which Lincoln won the presidency, 80 percent of eligible voters went to the polls.
Under Zambian electoral law Scott, 70, is barred from standing for the presidency himself.
The term “lobbyist” supposedly was coined during the well-corrupted (and well-soaked) presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.
Historical Examples of presidency
I come before you and assume the Presidency at a moment rich with promise.
There are thousands of recognised Slaves of the gods in this Presidency.
Things as They AreAmy Wilson-Carmichael
I will not accept the Presidency to be the mere puppet of possible factions.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
Is it to the presidency of a board of visitors of an eleemosynary institution?
I wish you could realize with what joy and relief I retire from the presidency.