Citations:præsidency

archaic spelling of presidency

 * 1682–3, Samuel Annesley, A continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience, page 780:
 * Let the People of God walk in Fellowſhip with one another : Let them be all united to ſome particular viſible Church, where they may enjoy all thoſe Ordinances of Divine Worſhip which God hath inſtituted for Communion with himſelf : Beſides the Catholick Church whereof Chriſt is the Supream Head and Paſtor, there are particular Churches under the præſidency and care of particular Paſtours, to ſome of which all profeſſed Christians ought to belong in order to their Communion with God, and one another.