PRESIDENCY

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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

3.
n.

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

4.
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.

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