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Word Meanings - PRESIDENCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care. 2. The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency. 3. The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency

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1. The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care. 2. The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency. 3. The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison. 4. One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.

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