# presidency

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/ · frequency rank #5,536

## Definitions
1. The office or role of president.
2. The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.
3. The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.
4. A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.
5. One of the three original provinces of British India.
6. The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin praesidentia. By surface analysis, president + -cy.

## Easily confused with
- **president** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/presidency-vs-president)

## Common misspellings (16)
`persidency`, `ppresidency`, `preisdency`, `presdiency`, `presiddency`, `presidecny`, `presidenccy`, `presidencyy`, `presidenncy`, `presidenyc`, `presidnecy`, `presiedncy`, `pressidency`, `prresidency`, `prseidency`, `rpesidency`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/presidency