presider
Example Sentences
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The condolences included one from Sacred Heart High School in Lincoln Heights, where he was praised as a “beloved presider and homilist at our masses.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
When the disconcerted presider, Vice President Ferry, refused to allow the document, Anthony began reading it aloud from outside Independence Hall.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Within any Mass, and true for the inaugural one as well, the creative moment in the service is the homily--when the presider offers personal reflections on the scriptural text of the day.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2013
He dedicated a drawing to the judge, one depicting a scuffle among jurors amid which the robed presider sought to restore order.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2012
"And your precious Josip Pekic, your expediter, has removed him from his position as supreme presider of agriculture in Bosnatia."
From Expediter by Mack Reynolds
