Associations to the word «Presidium»

Wiktionary

PRESIDIUM, noun. A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess. [1920]
PRESIDIUM, noun. Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.

Dictionary definition

PRESIDIUM, noun. 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.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.