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presidency
(encz) | presidency,prezidentství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Presidency
(gcide) | Presidency \Pres"i*den*cy\, n.; pl. Presidencies. [Cf. F.
pr['e]sidence.]
1. The function or condition of one who presides;
superintendence; control and care.
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2. The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the
presidency.
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3. The term during which a president holds his office; as,
during the presidency of Madison.
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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.
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presidency
(wn) | presidency
n 1: the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the
Eisenhower administration" [syn: presidency,
presidential term, administration]
2: the office and function of president; "Andrew Jackson
expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was
customary before his time" [syn: presidency,
presidentship] |
presidency
(devil) | PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American
politics.
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vice presidency
(encz) | vice presidency,viceprezidentství n: Zdeněk Brož |
vice-presidency
(encz) | vice-presidency,vice-prezidentství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Presidency
(gcide) | Presidency \Pres"i*den*cy\, n.; pl. Presidencies. [Cf. F.
pr['e]sidence.]
1. The function or condition of one who presides;
superintendence; control and care.
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2. The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the
presidency.
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3. The term during which a president holds his office; as,
during the presidency of Madison.
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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.
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Vice presidency
(gcide) | Vice \Vice\, a. [Cf. F. vice-. See Vice, prep.]
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or
duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office
that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice
agent; vice consul, etc.
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Vice admiral. [Cf. F. vice-amiral.]
(a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the
existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in
the United States Navy will cease at the death of the
present incumbents.
(b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords
commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty
jurisdiction within their respective districts.
Vice admiralty, the office of a vice admiral.
Vice-admiralty court, a court with admiralty jurisdiction,
established by authority of Parliament in British
possessions beyond the seas. --Abbott.
Vice chamberlain, an officer in court next in rank to the
lord chamberlain. [Eng.]
Vice chancellor.
(a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor.
(b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain
duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of
the chancellor.
(c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman
Chancery.
Vice consul [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer,
authorized to exercise consular functions in some
particular part of a district controlled by a consul.
Vice king, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy.
Vice legate [cf. F. vice-l['e]gat], a legate second in rank
to, or acting in place of, another legate.
Vice presidency, the office of vice president.
Vice president [cf. F. vice-pr['e]sident], an officer next
in rank below a president.
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vice-presidency
(wn) | vice-presidency
n 1: the tenure of a vice president [syn: vice-presidency,
vice-presidential term]
2: the office and function of a vice president |
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