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‖ præses, preses Chiefly Sc.|ˈpriːsiːz|
[a. L. præses, -idem, pl. præsidēs, a president, chief, guardian, prop. adj. presiding, f. præsidēre to preside.]
a. The president or chairman of a meeting.
1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 285 When he was broght before the Counsell, Bishop Bancroft, the preses, comanded him to kneele. 1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xii. (1848) 470 Sharp is preses in that court. 1728Ramsay Archers diverting themselves 87 ‘My lord, your toast’, the preses cries. 1763Boswell Jrnl. 19 Jan. in London Jrnl. (1950) 155 It resembled a party's being worsted in the choice of praeses and clerk, at an election in a Scotch county. 1797The College 51 Sir Spleen now mounted to the præses-chair. Ibid. 59 The Præses-knight amus'd you with his vision. 1806Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 461 The Earl of Finlater is hereditary preses or provost. 1833Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 46 §11 (Sc.) The preses of all meetings shall ascertain the determination thereof by a show of hands. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. xiii. 484 The praeses of the Pennsylvania Lutherans. 1898P. S. Allen Let. 10 Oct. (1939) 16 When the Praeses introduced me, the Bishop said..‘You mustn't leave me alone with a man, who makes such bold proposals, President.’
b. An academic moderator.
1841Rules Compilation of Catal. in Brit. Mus. Catal. Printed Bks. I. p. v/1 The respondent or defender in a thesis to be considered its author, except when it unequivocally appears to be the work of the Præses. 1853in C. C. Jewett Smithsonian Rep. Constr. of Cataloques of Libraries (ed. 2) 54 The Respondent or defender in a thesis, is to be considered its author, except when it unequivocally appears to be the work of the Præses. 1931G. S. Gordon Let. 19 Dec. (1943) Is it possible that there is no such leisure for an academic official—whether Professor or Praeses—who has a conscience about the job he's paid for? 1967Anglo-Amer. Catal. Rules: Brit. Text 27 Enter a dissertation written for defence in an academic disputation (according to the custom prevailing in European universities prior to the 19th century) under the praeses (the faculty moderator) unless the authorship can be well authenticated. |