presidency

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the office and function of president

   The power of the presidency is limited constitutionally, but can easily influence the public.

2. 2
   noun

   The office or role of president.

   After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.

3. 3
   noun

   The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.

   Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions.

4. 4
   noun

   The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.

   In France, a presidency lasts for five years.

5. 5
   noun

   the tenure of a president

6. 6
   noun

   A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.

7. 7
   noun

   One of the three original provinces of British India.

8. 8
   noun

   The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin praesidentia. By surface analysis, president + -cy.