Presidency

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.

II. Presidency ·noun The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.

III. Presidency ·noun The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.

IV. 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.