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pres|i|den|cy «PREHZ uh duhn see, PREHZ duhn-», noun, plural -cies.
1. the office of president: »

She was elected to the presidency of the Junior Club.

2. the time during which a president is in office.
3. a local administrative board in the Mormon Church.
4. Often, Presidency. one of three former administrative divisions (Madras, Bombay, and originally, Bengal) of British India.
Pres|i|den|cy «PREHZ uh duhn see, PREHZ duhn-», noun, plural -cies.
1. the office of President of the United States: »

to seek the Presidency. As Mr. Eisenhower completed his third year in the Presidency, his intimates ticked off the changes that had taken place in the man (Newsweek).

2. the time of office of a President: »

The United States entered World War II in the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.


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