presidentship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of presidentship
Example Sentences
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Some deputies, meanwhile, aroused by the tocsin, had hurried to the hall of the legislative body, and had opened the sitting under the presidentship of Vergniaud.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
And then he had been, on the death of West, in 1820, elected to the presidentship of the Academy.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton
For a presidentship requireth a whole man; and a bishop cannot be two men.
From Sermons on the Card by Morley, Henry
If this passes during the presidentship of General Jackson, it will immortalize his reign more than paying off the national debt.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton
Barbé-Marbois had given him, with the same eagerness, the presidentship of the elder council.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
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