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单词 presidentiary
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presidentiaryadj.n.

Brit. /ˌprɛzᵻˈdɛnʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌprɛzᵻˈdɛn(t)ʃiˌɛri/, /ˌprɛzᵻˈdɛn(t)ʃəri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praesidentia , -ary suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin praesidentia presidency n. + -ary suffix1. With use as adjective compare earlier presidential adj. and presidial adj.1 2. With use as noun compare earlier presidial n.
A. adj.
Of the nature of or relating to a president; presiding.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > control > person in control > [adjective] > of or relating to presider or president
presidentiary1643
presidential1650
1643 J. Bramhall Serpent Salve 226 Comparisons and representations..of this Episcopall or Presidentiary power.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues: Two Last Dial. v. x. 294 How this can belong to the Angelicall World, unless as they are Presidentiary Powers over such in this Terrestrial Region, I know not.
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel v. 144 Michael is the Presidentiary Angel of the Jewish Nation.
1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 261 He [sc. Mars] is the special Presidentiary God of the Roman City and Empire, as Grotius himself also will have it.
1972 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 4 May 1/1 Former Gov. Terry Sanford..took his presidential campaign to four small towns today as the state's first presidentiary primary drew closer.
1988 Amer. Lawyer (Nexis) Sept. 114 Gold was retained to assist the Navajo tribe in its meetings with special presidentiary emissary William Clark to seek a lasting resolution to the Navajo-Hopi land dispute.
2004 National Catholic Reporter (Nexis) 5 Nov. 19 What about the ‘presidentiary’ library? How's he going to fill those shelves?
B. n.
A presidential or presidial officer. Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides
presidentiary1655
presider1685
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion xi. 2 You are more eloquent than all the Parlaments, Presidentiaries [Fr. Presidiaux], and Seneschals, or the subalternate Courts of Iustice in France.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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