praesidium

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymspresidium

   Broadercommittee

Other forms of praesidium

plural

praesidiums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about praesidium

What does praesidium mean?

praesidium means "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".

How many syllables are in praesidium?

praesidium has 5 syllables: pra-e-si-di-um. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for praesidium?

Close synonyms include presidium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is praesidium a common word?

praesidium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.