Preside(v. i.)
- To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate.
Preside(v. i.)
- To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
Presidency(n.)
- The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
Presidency(n.)
- The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.
Presidency(n.)
- The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.
Presidency(n.)
- 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.