Definition of Presiding

1. Verb. (present participle of preside) ¹

2. Adjective. Having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Presiding

1. preside [v] - See also: preside

Lexicographical Neighbors of Presiding

presidential
presidential palace
presidential term
presidentiality
presidentially
presidentialness
presidents
presidentship
presidentships
presider
presiders
presides
presidia
presidial
presidiary
presiding
presiding officer
presidio
presidios
presidium
presidiums
presift
presifted
presifting
presifts
presignal
presignaled
presignaling
presignalled
presignalling

Literary usage of Presiding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"The presiding officer had many delicate duties to discharge during the polling, ... Some presiding officers would be more merciful and some more severe than ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"His honor the presiding judge also stated: "They do not ask for the recovery of the land, but they ask for damages for your having broken into their ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Societyby American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1903)
"Dr. Otto N. Witt, in conjunction with the presiding officers of the ... Presiding officer, Prof. Dr. G. von Knorre, Charlottenburg, Tech- nische Hochschule. ..."

4. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1886)
"... July-"-Independence Square—Susan B. Anthony reads the Declaration of Rights—Convention in Dr. Furness' Church, Lucretia Mott, Presiding—The Hutchinson ..."

5. Pennsylvania Archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"ing it, shall be sent to the Presiding Chamber of the said West India Company of this country, in order that it may communicate information thereupon, ..."

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