presidium

noun

pre·sid·i·um | \pri-ˈsi-dē-əm,

prē-, -ˈzi-

variants: or less commonly praesidium \pri-ˈsi-dē-əm,

prē-, prī- \

plural presidia\pri-ˈsi-dē-ə,

prē-, -ˈzi-, prī- \ or presidiums

Definition of presidium

1 : a permanent executive committee selected especially in Communist countries to act for a larger body

2 : a nongovernmental executive committee

Examples of presidium in a Sentence

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In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un holds a meeting of the ruling party's presidium. — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, "For Kim Jong Un, nuclear weapons are a security blanket. And he wants to keep it.," 5 Sep. 2017 Mr. Kim leads the presidium, which has two other members: Kim Yong-nam, the head of Parliament, and Hwang Pyong-so, the chief political officer of the military. — Choe Sang-hun, New York Times, "North Korea, Always Quotable: 9 Memorable Statements From Kim Jong-un’s Reign," 9 May 2016 The congress also elevated two of Mr. Kim’s closest aides — the party secretary, Choe Ryong-hae, and Pak Pong-ju, the prime minister and chief economic official — to join the presidium of the party’s Politburo. — Choe Sang-hun, New York Times, "North Korea, Always Quotable: 9 Memorable Statements From Kim Jong-un’s Reign," 9 May 2016

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