Presidium

Word PRESIDIUM
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Pronunciations /pɹɪˈsɪdi.əm/

Definitions and meanings of "Presidium"

What do we mean by presidium?

Any of various permanent executive committees in Communist countries having power to act for a larger governing body. noun

The executive committee of the Supreme Soviet headed by the president in the former Soviet Union. noun

Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet. noun

A permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session noun

A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess.

Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.

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The word "presidium" in example sentences

The presidium is a presiding committee, composed of representatives of the groups and political factions represented in the assembly, in proportion to their numbers. ❋ Unknown (1922)

The four, known as the presidium, effectively control the party, but their "election" came after months of infighting between Mujuru's supporters and those who want this congress's loser, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to replace Mugabe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The four, known as the presidium, effectively control the party ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cherries* - Dehydrofreezing, cultivar selection (S. Gobbi et al.), Physicochemical characteristics and antioxidant activity of sweet cherries (M. Plessi et al.), Use of nets against fruit cherry fly (V. Ughini et al.), The slow food "presidium" of traditional Vignola cherries (S. Zocca). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The poised "presidium" of the 1980 interfactory committee — the directing summit of the workers 'confrontation with the state — was but a formal surfacing of a community of Baltic oppositionists populated by many worker activists who had labored in concert before KOR was ever formed. ❋ Goodwyn, Lawrence (1991)

A "presidium" has been created of these plus the foreign, interior, defence, health and social development, agriculture and regional development ministers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Anyhow, now the central presidium urges me to scan my computer for credit card and social security numbers, a process that takes forever and yields a bunch of false hits — ten-digit clusters that are not, in fact, social security numbers at all, but rather the accession numbers of various objects that belong to other art museums. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The service identified Mr. Yang as a vice president of parliament's presidium and a member of the political bureau of the party's Central Committee. ❋ Jay Solomon (2010)

When Cadfael manoeuvred his way as close as he could to the doorway of the chapter-house, it seemed that Bishop de Clinton had ceded the presidium on this occasion to the Bishop of Winchester, perhaps hopeful that so powerful a prelate would exert more influence upon obdurate minds, by virtue of his royal blood, and his prestige as recently filling the office of papal legate to the realm of England. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A photo from Korea Central News Agency, the nation's official news service, showed Mr. Carter greeting Kim Yong-nam, president of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea. ❋ Unknown (2010)

How shocking when this Arizona “maverick” -- he deserved the label far more than John McCain ever did (if he ever did) -- won the Republican nomination in a knock-down brawl with the presidium, led by New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, that had run the party until then. ❋ Steve Fraser (2010)

We were back to the presidium speeches and winter coats padded with wool and preparations for more April digging. ❋ Elena Gorokhova (2010)

This was as close as Pearl could get to a China lost forever once she and her sister had sold their family house in Kuling, now the summer capital of Chiang Kaishek, later to become a favored resort of the Communist Party under Chairman Mao, who staged some of the grimmest sessions of his presidium on top of Mount Lu. ❋ Hilary Spurling (2010)

The CPB in its two days long presidium meeting on 1st February at its central office has expressed deep concern over this crisis and said that the crisis of global capitalism has created serious uncertainty for the world community. ❋ Unknown (2009)

GM Quader, a Jatiya Party presidium member and brother of General HM Ershad, will be civil aviation and tourism minister. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina sprang surprises as she named Tuesday a 32-strong team, dropping almost her party's entire policymaking presidium from the cabinet. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Trusted Motia, only presidium member to have made it, will be agriculture minister and confidant Syed Ashraf, son of 1971 war-time acting president Syed Nazrul Islam, will helm the local government. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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