presidial

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle French presidial, from Latin praesidialis, variant of praesidalis, from praeses (provincial governor).

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Adjective[edit]

presidial (comparative more presidial, superlative most presidial)

  1. Belonging to a province, or being like a province; provincial.
  2. Pertaining to a president or one who presides; presidential.
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 22:
      the doorway was vacant save for a large brindled cur that stood upon the threshold, wagging his tail and watching the scene with a suave, indulgent, presidial gaze, as if he were the patron of the ball.
  3. Having or relating to a garrison.

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Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First known attestation 1435, borrowed from Latin praesidialis.[1]

Adjective[edit]

presidial m (feminine singular presidiale, masculine plural presidiaulx, feminine plural presidiales)

  1. of or relating to a court having the ability to make a judgment of up to 250 pounds without the possibility of appeal

References[edit]

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “presidial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (presidial, supplement)