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presiding, ppl. a.|prɪˈzaɪdɪŋ|
[f. preside + -ing2.]
a. That presides.
1667Phil. Trans. II. 534 The Specifick Form is often not so much as the Presiding, but only the most eminent. 1707Norris Treat. Humility vi. 245 Not the condescending, but the governing and presiding part. 1839De Quincey Recoll. Lakes Wks. 1862 II. 217 Awful solitude..the natural and presiding sentiment—the ‘religio loci’—that broods for ever over the romantic pass. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 212 It is difficult..to withdraw the attention even for a moment from its presiding genius.
b. attrib. and Comb. as presiding judge (U.S.); presiding elder, an elder who has charge of a district in the U.S. Methodist Church; presiding officer, an official in charge of a polling-station at an election.
1831J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants 258 There are three [Methodist] districts, over each of which is a presiding Elder. 1844I. D. Rupp He Pasa Ekklesia 447 A presiding elder, though no higher as to order than an elder, has charge of several circuits and stations, called collectively a district. 1904G. H. Lorimer Old Gorgon Graham ix. 186 The Doc...knew more Scripture when he was sixteen than the presiding elder. 1961W. E. B. DuBois Worlds of Color ix. 137 He emphasized to the Presiding Elder the plan of giving up the old church and moving across the river.
1802Deb. Congress U.S. 19 Jan. (1851) 117 The constant change of presiding judges..hung up the business. 1874‘H. Churton’ Toinette xxiii. 245 Geoffrey's counsel called the attention of His Honor, the Presiding Judge of the Court, to the fact.
1745Life & Adventures B.-M. Carew vii. 86 By this Means no presiding Officer has it in his Power to make one more than two, which sometimes happens in the Elections amongst other Communities. 1872Act 35 & 36 Vict. c. 33 sched. i. §21 The returning officer shall appoint a presiding officer to preside at each station. 1978D. Devine Sunk without Trace xviii. 170 Voting papers, to be valid, must have the official stamp embossed on them by the Presiding Officer at the time of issue to the individual voter. |