presidency

CEFRB2

/ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/

noun

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01
noun
The position or period of being president.
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noun
Extra detail
The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.

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Extra meanings

The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.
The office or role of president.
A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.

In context

He's eligible for the presidency.
After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.
Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions.

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The American people gave me the priceless privilege of serving them in the Presidency.
1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4
The presidencies of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were marked by the resistance of both men to confessing mistakes; Bush's advisers long made it clear that he viewed such acknowledgments as akin to admitting weakness.
2009 February 5, Adam Nagourney, “The pros and cons of admitting a presidential error”, in The New York Times
The Clintons, who once seemed banished to the wilds of Westchester County, are once again the most powerful family in Democratic politics, with talk of another Clinton presidency already rife in Washington.
2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in The New York Times
For some, the political damage proved modest. But for others, the investigations came to consume and even threaten their presidencies, at least for a time.
2023 January 13, Peter Baker, “Presidents and Their Prosecutors”, in The New York Times

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From Medieval Latin praesidentia. By surface analysis, president + -cy.