Available Definitions:
1) n. - The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
2) n. - The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.
3) n. - The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.
4) n. - One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.