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presidency
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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈprɛzɪdənsi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈprɛzɪdənsi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(prez′i dən sē)
Inflections of 'presidency' (n): npl: presidencies
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026pres•i•den•cy /ˈprɛzɪdənsi/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]- the office of a president:never elected to the presidency.
- the time of a president's holding office:the last three Republican presidencies.
See -sid-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026pres•i•den•cy
(prez′i dən sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies.
- Governmentthe office, function, or term of office of a president.
- Government(often cap.) the office of President of the United States.
- Religion[Mormon Ch.]
- a local governing body consisting of a council of three.
- (often cap.) the highest administrative body, composed of the prophet and his two councilors.
- Government, World Historythe former designation of any of the three original provinces of British India: Bengal, Bombay, and Madras.
- Medieval Latin praesidentia. See president, -ency
- 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
presidency /ˈprɛzɪdənsɪ/ n ( pl -cies)- the office, dignity, or term of a president
- (often capital) the office of president of a republic, esp the office of the President of the US
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