Presidencies

noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounThe office or role of president.

"After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency."

2.nounThe bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.

"Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions."

3.nounThe time during which one is president; a president's term of office.

"Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover."

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