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Definition of Presided
1. preside [v] - See also: preside
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presided
Literary usage of Presided
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Second Conference Gu]y 2-27, 1878), convened and presided over by Archbishop Tait.
On this occasion no hesitation appears to have been felt; ..."
2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"The curtain over which she had presided with such talent and such success, went
off with her to her cottage, where she happened to be particularly in want ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"Section 25 provides that it shall be presided over by a recorder, who shall be
a resident and qualified voter of the city, and "shall" be elected by the ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Five special committees, each presided over by a cardinal and having ...
presided over by the pope himself for the promulgation of the decrees of the ..."
5. The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1904)
"ÏY presided. Addresses were delivered by the Revs. ... JAMES PARSONS presided.
Addresses by Rev. J. STOUGHTON, and the Hon. and Rev. BW NOEL. ..."
6. Cathedral Antiquities: Historical and Descriptive Accounts, with 311 by John Britton (1836)
"Here he presided fifteen years, and was then advanced to the see of Sarum, April
23, 1715: and having sat here till 1721, was then raised to the rich ..."
7. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"For they relate, that Pope Innocent, who presided over the Church of Rome in the
time of Augustine, decreed that not only elders, but also all Christians, ..."
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