† preˈsession Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. præsessiōn-em, n. of action from præsidēre to preside.]
The office or function of presiding, presidence.
| a 1677 Barrow Pope's Suprem. (1680) 292 The Legates of Pope Leo..would not sit down in the Synod, because the præsession was not given to their Holy See [orig. quod non data fuerit præsessio sanctæ Sedi eorum]. |