'Presiding' definitions:
Definition of 'Presiding'
From: GCIDE
- Preside \Pre*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Presided; p. pr. & vb. n. Presiding.] [L. praesidere; prae before + sedere to sit: cf. F. pr['e]sider. See Sit.]
- 1. To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over. [1913 Webster]
- Some o'er the public magazines preside. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Presiding'
From: GCIDE
- Presiding \Pre*sid"ing\, a. & n. from Preside. [1913 Webster]
- Presiding elder. See under 2d Elder. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Presiding'
- Preside,
- Presided,
- Presidence,
- Presidencies,
- Presidency,
- President,
- Presider,
- presidents,
- Lord president,
- Presiding elder,
- Vice presidency,
- Vice president,
- president adams,
- president arthur,
- president buchanan,
- president bush,
- president carter,
- president cleveland,
- president clinton,
- president coolidge,
- president eisenhower,
- president fillmore,
- president ford,
- president garfield,
- president grant,
- president harding,
- president harrison,
- president hayes,
- president hoover,
- president jefferson,
- president johnson,
- president kennedy,
- president lincoln,
- president madison,
- president mckinley,
- president monroe,
- president nixon,
- president pierce,
- president polk,
- president reagan,
- president roosevelt,
- president taft,
- president taylor,
- president truman,
- president tyler,
- president washington,
- president wilson,
- presidents' day,
- presiding officer,
- ex-president,
- executive office of the president,
- executive vice president,
- president abraham lincoln,
- president andrew johnson,
- president benjamin harrison,
- president franklin roosevelt,
- president john adams,
- president lyndon johnson,
- president of the united states,
- president theodore roosevelt,
- president van buren,
- senior vice president,
- united states president,
- vice-presidency,
- president george w. bush,
- president john f. kennedy,
- president john quincy adams,
- president william henry harrison,
- vice president of the united states