presidency

noun6

1. •
   The office or role of president.

   • After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.
2. •
   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.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.
5. •
   (historical) One of the three original provinces of British India.
6. •
   The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.