2. Adjective. Having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over. ¹
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Definition of Presiding
1. preside [v] - See also: preside
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presiding
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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