presidency

Noun

Meaning

The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.

The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.

The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

presidentship administration presidential term president finnish admiral bureau chancellery premiership magistracy government rule office legislature kingship

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Antonyms

inferior employee subordinate girl Friday doormat myrmidon

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Hypernyms

place position office post situation spot

Hyponyms

president President of the United States chief executive

Phrases with the word

office of the presidency committee presidency presidency-in-office

Derivatives

presidencies

Examples

With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses. James K. Polk

When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency. Harry S. Truman

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it. James A. Garfield

Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. David S. Broder

Take our politicians they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize. Saul Bellow

The presidency is more than a popularity contest. Al Gore

Close letter words and terms

preside over presided over presidence Presidency division presidency-in-office president