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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) presidium
(often cap.) (esp. in Communist countries) an administrative committee, usu. permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers.

2. presidium
an executive board or committee.

Etymology: (1920–25; < Russ

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) presidium, praesidium
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

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