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pre·sid·i·um | \ pri-ˈsi-dē-əm 
, prē-, -ˈzi- \
, prē-, -ˈzi- \variants:
or less commonly praesidium \ pri-ˈsi-dē-əm , prē- , prī- \
, prē- , prī- \ plural presidia\ pri-ˈsi-dē-ə , prē- , -ˈzi- , prī- \ or presidiums
, prē- , -ˈzi- , prī- \ or presidiumsDefinition 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
Recent Examples on the Web In 2017, the first clairin was officially exported to the U.S., and in April 2018, Slow Food launched a presidium in Haiti to protect and promote the traditions around its production.
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chicagotribune.com, "How the Haitian spirit clairin is more like mezcal than rum," 9 July 2019 Ryu also held various jobs, including as a member of the presidium of the North’s rubber-stamp parliament.
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Choe Sang-hun, BostonGlobe.com, "South Korean defects to the North, following in his parents’ footsteps," 8 July 2019 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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The first known use of presidium was in 1920
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