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Word Meanings - PRESIDENTSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office and dignity of president; presidency. Hooker.

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  • PRESIDENT
    Precedent. Bacon.
  • OFFICEHOLDER
    An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
  • OFFICE WIRE
    Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
  • DIGNITY
    digneté, dignité, F. dignité, fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. 1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence. 2. Elevation; grandeur. The dignity of this act was worth the audience
  • OFFICER
    Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
  • OFFICE
    The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
  • PRESIDENTIAL
    1. Presiding or watching over. "Presidential angels." Glanvill. 2. Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.
  • PRESIDENCY
    1. The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care. 2. The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency. 3. The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency
  • PRESIDENTSHIP
    The office and dignity of president; presidency. Hooker.
  • HOOKER
    1. One who, or that which, hooks. A Dutch vessel with two masts. A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
  • POST OFFICE
    See POST
  • BOOKING OFFICE
    1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
  • CROWN OFFICE
    The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
  • INDIGNITY
    Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So
  • SUBOFFICER
    An under or subordinate officer.
  • CONDIGNITY
    Merit, acguired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence. Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings. Bp. Bull.
  • UNDEROFFICER
    A subordinate officer.
  • OVEROFFICE
    To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.

 

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