PRESIDENCY

Presidency

The word presidency is often used to describe the administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by a single elected man or woman who holds the office of "President," in practice, the presidency includes a much larger collective of people, such as chiefs of staff, advisers and other bureaucrats. Although often led by a single person, presidencies can also be of a collective nature, such as the presidency of the European Union is held on a rotating basis by the various national ...

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presidency

Noun

  1. The office or role of president.
    After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.
  2. The 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. The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.
    In France, a presidency lasts for five years.
    Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.


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