Preside :: Preside (v. i.) To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate..
Preside :: Preside (v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency..
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison..
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) 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..