PRESIDENT, Præses. This Term is given in general to all those that preside over others in any Affair or Business. As to those that are chief of a Band of Musick, over the Affairs of the Country, of the City, or Temple. Particularly it is given to the Governors of Judea, after this Nation was reduced to a Province by the Romans. See Matthew xxvii. 2, 11, 14. xxviii. 14. Luke ii. 2. xx. 20. xxi. 12. Acts xxiii. 24, &c. See also the Article GOVERNOR.
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