presidentship

[ prez-i-duhnt-ship ]

/ ˈprɛz ɪ dəntˌʃɪp /

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noun Chiefly British.

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Origin of presidentship

First recorded in 1515–25; president + -ship

And then he had been, on the death of West, in 1820, elected to the presidentship of the Academy.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
The enclosed resolution informs you of Mr Boudinot's advancement to the Presidentship.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII|Various
On the change of government Peel, with much judgment, offered me the vice-presidentship of the board of trade.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3)|John Morley
For a presidentship requireth a whole man; and a bishop cannot be two men.
Sermons on the Card and Other Discourses|Hugh Latimer

Of the subsequent election of Louis Napoleon to the presidentship we need not speak.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 401, March 1849|Various