At a general court-martial it is usual for the authority ordering it to name the president, and the office usually falls upon the second in command.
·noun <<Precedent>>. II. President ·noun A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius. III. Preside...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(sarac or sareca, only used (Daniel 6:1) ... the Chaldee equivalent for Hebrew shter, probably from ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary