presidentiary

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English

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Etymology

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Latin praesidentia +‎ -ary[1]

Adjective

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presidentiary (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a president or presidency.
    • 1837, William Cooke Taylor, History of Ireland, page 175:
      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; […]

References

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  1. ^ “presidentiary, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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