presidentiary

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adjective

Relating to a president or presidency.

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Meanings

adjectivepresidentiary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to a president or presidency.

    The presidentiary courts, from which the present Irish courts of quarter-session are derived, were regulated more by the discretion of the president than by established principles of law; […]

    1837, William Cooke Taylor, History of Ireland, page 175

Origin

Latin praesidentia + -ary

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APA

presidentiary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presidentiary

MLA

“presidentiary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presidentiary. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presidentiary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presidentiary.

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