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presidency en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The office or role of president.
   • The American people gave me the priceless privilege of serving them in the Presidency. 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:
   • For some, the political damage proved modest. But for others, the investigations came to consume and even threaten their presidencies, at least for a time. 2023 January 13, Peter Baker, “Presidents and Their Prosecutors”, in The New York Times:
   • The presidencies of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were marked by the resistance of both men to confessing mistakes; Bush's advisers long made it clear that he viewed such acknowledgments as akin to admitting weakness. 2009 February 5, Adam Nagourney, “The pros and cons of admitting a presidential error”, in The New York Times:
   • After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.
   • The Clintons, who once seemed banished to the wilds of Westchester County, are once again the most powerful family in Democratic politics, with talk of another Clinton presidency already rife in Washington. 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in The New York Times:
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.
   • Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.
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.

Forms

Deriveds

vice-presidency · postpresidency

Synonyms

presidenthood · presidentship

Translations (70)

fi presidenttiys (office or role of president) · ka პრეზიდენტობა (office or role of president) · ru председа́тельство (office or role of president) · nl presidentschap (time during which one is president) · pam panga-pamuntuk (office or role of president) · hu elnökség (time during which one is president) · fi presidenttikausi (time during which one is president) · mi perehitinitanga (office or role of president) · mi perehitinitanga (time during which one is president) · uk президе́нтство (time during which one is president) · it presidenza (time during which one is president) · de Präsidentschaft (office or role of president) · hy նախագահություն (time during which one is president) · cs prezidentování (office or role of president) · pl prezydentura (office or role of president) · bg президентство (office or role of president) · sh predsedništvo (office or role of president) · ja 大統領就任期間 (time during which one is president) · sv presidentskap (office or role of president) · pt presidência (time during which one is president) · kk президенттік (office or role of president) · fi presidentinvirka (office or role of president) · zh 任期 (time during which one is president) · fr présidence (office or role of president) · fi presidentti (bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives) · sv presidentämbete (office or role of president) · no presidentperiode (time during which one is president) · da præsidenttid (time during which one is president) · sv presidentpost (office or role of president) · ka პრეზიდენტობა (time during which one is president) · he נְשִׂיאוּת (office or role of president) · ja 社長職 (office or role of president) · sv presidentperiod (time during which one is president) · nl praesidium (bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives) · ga uachtaránacht (office or role of president) · no formannskap (office or role of president) · bg президентство (time during which one is president) · tr başkanlık (office or role of president) · fr présidence (time during which one is president) · da formandsperiode (time during which one is president) · ru президе́нтство (office or role of president) · ca presidència (office or role of president) · ca presidència (time during which one is president) · hy նախագահություն (office or role of president) · ja 社長在任期間 (time during which one is president) · uk президе́нтство (office or role of president) · nl college van bestuur (bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives) · nl voorzitterschap (office or role of president) · it presidenza (office or role of president) · pl prezydentura (time during which one is president) · no presidentembete (office or role of president) · pt presidência (office or role of president) · be прэзідэ́нцтва (office or role of president) · es presidencia (time during which one is president) · zh 主席席位 (office or role of president) · cs prezidentství (office or role of president) · es presidencia (office or role of president) · ar رئاسة (office or role of president) · sw urais (office or role of president) · da præsidentembede (office or role of president) · tl pagkapangulo (office or role of president) · be прэзідэ́нцтва (time during which one is president) · hu elnökség (office or role of president) · de Präsidentschaft (time during which one is president) · pam pangapamuntuk (office or role of president) · pl przewodnictwo (time during which one is president) · fi presidentintoimi (office or role of president) · ro președinție (office or role of president) · da formandsskab (office or role of president) · ja 大統領職 (office or role of president)