# presidency

Pronunciation: US say "PREZ-i-duhn-see" /ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/; UK

## Noun

1. The office or role held by a president.
   - Simple: The job or position of being a president.
   - _The presidency carries enormous responsibility and constant public scrutiny._
   - _After two terms in the senate, she finally sought the presidency._
2. The span of time during which a person holds the office of president; a president's term in office.
   - Simple: The period of time when someone is president.
   - _The economy grew steadily throughout his presidency._
   - _Several major reforms were passed in the final year of her presidency._
3. The administrative organization and government initiatives that stem directly from the president.
   - Simple: The team of officials and programs that work directly under a president.
   - _The presidency rolled out a sweeping set of economic initiatives this spring._
   - _Critics argued that the presidency had accumulated too much power over the decades._
4. A supreme local council composed of three persons, or (often capitalized) the highest governing authority of an organization.
   - Simple: A top council of three people who hold the highest power in a group.
   - _The presidency issued a formal statement to all local congregations._
   - _Each member of the presidency held equal authority within the council._
5. One of the three original administrative provinces into which British India was divided. *(British, India)*
   - Simple: One of the three main areas that Britain ruled in early colonial India.
   - _The Bengal presidency was the wealthiest of the three under colonial rule._
   - _Administrators were posted from London to each presidency in turn._
6. In some churches, the function of an ordained minister in presiding over the Eucharist.
   - Simple: The job of a priest in leading the communion service in some churches.
   - _In this tradition, presidency at the Eucharist is reserved for ordained priests._
   - _The bishop delegated presidency of the Sunday liturgy to a visiting priest._

## Origin

From Medieval Latin praesidentia; by surface analysis it can be read as 'president' plus the suffix '-cy'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/presidency (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).