presidial
- a word derived from presidio.
Example Sentences
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The positions of governor and presidial commander were made attractive largely by the opportunity which they afforded for making money in addition to the fixed salaries.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
The Jesuit advance up the slope.—The advance up the Pacific coast mainland was led throughout the seventeenth century by the Jesuit missionaries, supported by presidial soldiers and small citizen colonies.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
The punishment of this audacious violation of the rights of the Protestants was at first left by parliament to the inferior or presidial judges, and the investigation dragged.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
The presidial soldiers were provided with two kinds of arms, offensive and defensive.
From The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco by Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner
Some of them are presidial acts, i.e. extracted from the court registers; others were written from the relations of eye-witnesses of undoubted veracity.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
