First Presidency

Variant of presidency

presidency definition

presi·dency (prez′i dən sē)

noun pl. presidencies -·cies

  1. the office or function of president
  2. the term during which a president is in office
  3. ☆ the office of President of the U.S.
  4. ☆ Mormon Ch.
    1. a council of three with local jurisdiction
    2. a council of three that is the highest administrative body
      also First Presidency
  5. Historical any of the three original provinces of British India

Etymology: ML praesidentia < L praesidens: see president

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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