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Presidium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various permanent executive committees in Communist countries having power to act for a larger governing body.

n. An executive committee of the Supreme Soviet headed by the president.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. 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

Word Usage

"The presidium is a presiding committee, composed of representatives of the groups and political factions represented in the assembly, in proportion to their numbers."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

committee commission

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