Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presidentiary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pres-i-den-tiary
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to a president or presidency.

Example Sentences

"The presidentiary courts, from which the present Irish courts of quarter-session are derived, were regulated more by the discretion of the president than by established principles of law; […]"

Etymology

Latin praesidentia + -ary

Word Breakdown

Prefix: la:praesidentia
Suffix: -ary

Questions

What does presidentiary mean?: Relating to a president or presidency.
Where does presidentiary come from?: Latin praesidentia + -ary

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