presidency

Plural

presidencies

1. 1.The office or role of president.

   • After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.
   • The American people gave me the priceless privilege of serving them in the Presidency.
   • 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.

2. 2.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. 3.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. 4.A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.

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