单词 | presider |
释义 | presidern. A person who presides. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides presidentiary1655 presider1685 1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. Heb. iv. sig. 5B4/2 The grand Presider over all God's Worship, who had Work peculiar to himself above all. 1692 Christ Exalted 117 I might refer the Bishop again to the Doctrines of the Church, (whereof he is an Honourable Presider). 1729 T. Cooke Tales 4 Thou just Presider o'er th' illustrious Train. ?1771 ‘Moloch’ Exhib. in Hell 11 Ask this marine presider to explain, How many points the compass does contain? 1800 W. Burdett Life Mansong 36 Taking a good aim, he shot the presider of the feast, who instantly dropt dead. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 May 2/1 Melpomene, scroll in hand, as the presider over Tragic Poetry. 1944 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 28 Sept. 4/2 If you thought the ‘born presider’ had temporarily taken a back seat for the war worker..you just don't know your ardent clubwoman. 1984 Listener 19 Jan. 17/1 Next came Michele Andrea Agniello Costa,..presider over many choral festivals throughout England. 2004 Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Jrnl. (Nexis) 25 Jan. Bridgette M. Morgan and Adam C. Proffitt exchanged wedding vows... Father Patric Riley was the presider. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1685 |
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