They preside together on the judicial bench, and carry on, without jar or difference, the ordinary business of the country.
Fancy the self-control it costs me to conceal from poor Carlo the anguish of my heart; to dress, to receive visits, to walk and drive, and to presideat the little suppers to which Carlo has accustomed himself as well as his friends.
The young man attached very little importance to his pronunciation of French, but very much to the evident advantages he might derive from the good-will of the young lady, who seemed to preside over the interior of the household.
At all social and religious functions, birth, marriage, initiation and funerals, four vases of water are solemnly placed in their name, and then invoked to preside over them.
In every village there are rakshasas (demons), called Kambla-asura, who preside over the fields.
The owners of the several factories preside over these meetings, and the most absolute good conduct is exhibited.
This, too, is a special peril at all times for those who are called to preside in spiritual offices.
Prudhon criticises the laws which preside over the production and distribution of wealth, and shows their twofold and antagonistic influence, he is but illustrating the inevitable formation of our pyramid.
The arrangement made between the Patriarch and Eleazar was that the former should always preside for the first two weeks, and hold the classes, and that the latter, as Vice-President, should do the same in the third week.
He had his seat in Jabne, and was also sufficiently versed in traditions to preside in the school.
The Germans differ much from these usages, for they have neither Druids to preside over sacred offices, nor do they pay great regard to sacrifices.
When a state either repels war waged against it, or wages it against another, magistrates are chosen to presideover that war with such authority, that they have power of life and death.
His Eminence, who had not been into the church for many months, in order not to meet his Chapter, would preside in the choir on the feast day.
The truth was he would not meet his Chapter; he was furious with them, and showed his anger by refusing to preside over them in the choir.
The Prince of Canino, who had already succeeded in turning Scientific Congresses at Genoa and Milan into opportunities for political demonstrations, had come, in September, 1847, to Venice to preside in the Geological Section of the Congress.
He protested against the suspicion that he sympathised with those "who wished the Roman Pontiff to preside over some new kind of Republic to be constituted out of all the Peoples of Italy.
I shall say nothing of the Magistrates destined to preside over such an education, which is certainly the most important business of the State.
If I have spoken only of those ill-starred unions which are the result of our system, is it to be thought that those over which love and sympathy preside are free from disadvantages?
Thank God I am now in the hands of those who presideover the municipal court, not in the hands of the Missourians.
At this meeting Elder Woodruff was chosen to preside over the European mission.
After calling the meeting to order, I moved that Elder Levi Richards preside over the conference, and he was sustained by the meeting.
Lorenzo Snow had been called to preside over Box Elder stake and Ezra T.
Upon the close of the dedication, Wilford Woodruff was appointed to preside over the work in the Temple.
His missionary zeal never waned and those mid-summer days of 1844 found him busily occupied making preparations for his departure to England where he was to preside over the British Mission.
Merrill was chosen by revelation to preside over the Logan Temple, a place he held up to the time of his death in February, 1906.
A man obeying a lower law is not qualified topreside over those who keep a higher law.
I am now called to preside over the only Temple there is on the earth, built for the salvation of the living and the dead.
Tis like being a magistrate in a petty borough; you do them the favour to preside in their council for one year, and your name bears the prefatory stigma of Bailie for life.
And may all the powers that preside over conviviality and friendship, be present with all their kindest influence, when the bearer of this, Mr. Syme, and you meet!
She could presidewith dignity over a stately household--receive with grace distinguished guests.
Although the Duke de Richelieu had only been engaged in foreign affairs, he was better calculated than has been said, not so much to direct effectively as to preside over the internal government of the Restoration.
You preside over the games at Praeneste, sitting in the Consul's seat.
Now, as Praefectus Urbis, he is to preside over and become a member of your body.
Marcus Aurelius himself was obliged to preside in great pomp over a ceremony in honour of the serpent of Alexander of Abonoteichos which numbered believers among his friends.
Brown came to presideover the college at the age of less than thirty-two, and in circumstances to attract unusual attention to his administration.
He succeeded Speaker Robinson in the chair of the house of burgesses in 1766, and continued to preside over that body until it was superseded by the conventions.
These are the three beings who are supposed to preside over the Western Paradise; their images are therefore frequently found together, Amitabha always in the centre.
For forty years, Susan had watched Mrs. Stanton preside with a poise, warmth, and skill which few could equal.
Chosen as a matter of course to preside over this gathering of suffragists in Berlin, Susan received an enthusiastic welcome.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preside" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
