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† ˈpresidy, -die Obs.
[ad. L. præsidium a guard, garrison, defence, assistance, aid, etc., f. præsidēre to sit in front of, guard: see preside.]
1. A guard or garrison.
1529Let. to Wolsey (MS. Cott. Vit. B. xi. lf. 14), To treate upon a presidie to be yeven unto the pope. 1544St. Papers Hen. VIII, IX. 732 It semith that the Frenchmen intendith to leve a certaine presidye in Piemont. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 1128/2 The Frenche kyng hath ordeined, that Seignior Renzio shal lie in a presidie, betwene the armye of Naples and the Citie of Rome. 1656Blount Glossogr., Presidie, a Garrison, all manner of aid and defence.
2. Succour, remedy, aid.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 63 That drye grownde thurstethe as with owte presidye. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 113 [To] cure this symptom with these presidies. |