presidial
Appearance
See also: présidial
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- præsidial (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle French presidial, from Latin praesidialis, variant of praesidalis, from praeses (“provincial governor”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]presidial (comparative more presidial, superlative most presidial)
- Belonging to a province, or being like a province; provincial.
- 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.
- Having or relating to a garrison.
- 1655, James Howell, “To Sir T. H. Knight”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
- There are three presidial castles in this city.
Synonyms
[edit]- (having or relating to a garrison): presidiary
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)
- 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]- ^ 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)
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