presidentship

American  

[prez-i-duhnt-ship] / ˈprɛz ɪ dəntˌʃɪp /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. presidency.

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Etymology

Origin of presidentship

First recorded in 1515–25; president + -ship

Example Sentences

A revision of the existing canons by a mixed commission, under the presidentship of their common head, the King, was to restore the unity of legislation.

From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von

He hasn’t a cent; and if you offered him to-morrow the command of an army, or the presidentship of the United States, he wouldn’t take it, and you know he wouldn’t.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

You will have heard of my appointment to the presidentship of the College of Boggleywollah.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

Battus III. had been compelled to submit to a constitutional form of government which restricted the monarchy to a hereditary presidentship.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

Gower, a strong advocate of American coercion in 1775, changed his opinions, resigned the presidentship of the council in November, 1779, and made a violent attack on the government.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane