presidential

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English

Alternative forms

• Presidential

Etymology

From president +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/
• Hyphenation: pres‧i‧den‧tial

Adjective

presidential (comparative more presidential, superlative most presidential)

1. Pertaining to a president or presidency. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete) Presiding or watching over. [17th–19th c.]
3. With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified. [from 19th c.]
4. (Roman Catholicism) (of prayers) addressed to God on behalf of the congregation by the presiding priest
   • 2002, General Instruction of the Roman Missal, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc., §30

     These prayers are addressed to God in the name of the entire holy people and all present, by the priest who presides over the assembly in the person of Christ. It is with good reason, therefore, that they are called the "presidential prayers."

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