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presidency

  • /ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/

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

noun presidencies · presidence

  1. countable, uncountable The office or role of president. After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.
  2. countable, uncountable 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.
  3. countable, uncountable The time during which one is president; a president's term of office. In France, a presidency lasts for five years.
  4. Mormonism, countable, uncountable A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.
  5. India, UK, countable, historical, uncountable One of the three original provinces of British India.
  6. countable, uncountable The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.

Similar: presidenthood, presidentship

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Closest in meaning: presidentship, administration, presidential term, chairmanship, chairman, chairperson, preside, council, president, presidential, presiding, speakership, tenure, bureau, stewardship, gavel

noun

Similar: presidenthood, presidentship

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noun office or role of president

Españolpresidencia
日本語大統領職 daitōryōshoku, 社長職 shachōshoku
中文主席席位
Kiswahiliurais
Portuguêspresidência
Françaisprésidence
DeutschPräsidentschaft
Italianopresidenza
Românăpreședinție
Русскийпрезиде́нтство prezidéntstvo, председа́тельство predsedátelʹstvo
العربيةرئاسة
עבריתנְשִׂיאוּת n'si'út

noun time during which one is president

Españolpresidencia
日本語大統領就任期間 daitōryō shūnin kikan, 社長在任期間 shachō zainin kikan
中文任期 rènqī
Portuguêspresidência
Françaisprésidence
DeutschPräsidentschaft
Italianopresidenza

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@misc{presidency_2026,
  title = {presidency},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/presidency},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}