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Presidium

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Noun

1. praesidium, presidium

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Presidium

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noun plural -iums or -ia (-ɪə)
1. (often capital)
(in Communist countries) a permanent committee of a larger body, such as a legislature, that acts for it when it is in recess
2. 
a collective presidency, esp of a nongovernmental organization

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Presidium

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nounWord forms: plural preˈsidia (prɪˈsɪdiə ; prisidˈēə) or preˈsidiums
1.  [often P-]
in certain communist countries, a standing committee empowered to act for a larger body, as a legislature
2.  [P-]
the executive committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1966

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Presidium

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n. pl. pre·sid·i·a (-ē-ə) or pre·sid·i·ums
1. Any of various permanent executive committees in Communist countries having power to act for a larger governing body.
2. Presidium The executive committee of the Supreme Soviet headed by the president in the former Soviet Union.

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