PRESIDENCY

noun the office of president; as, washington was elected to the presidency.

2. presidency ·noun the function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.

3. presidency ·noun the term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of madison.

4. presidency ·noun 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.