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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Presidency

/prĕz'-əd-ən-sē/ · Pres·i·den·cy · IPA /ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/
01 n. The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
pl. Presidencies ((#))
  1. 1.
    The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
  2. 2.
    The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.
  3. 3.
    The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.
  4. 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.