Associations to the word «Presidium»
Noun
- Ussr
- Ssr
- Decree
- Yong
- Leonid
- Chairman
- Mongolia
- Crimea
- Nikita
- Lenin
- Secretariat
- Nikolai
- Nam
- Soviets
- Ukrainian
- Deputy
- Molotov
- Leningrad
- Albania
- Stalin
- Communist
- Soviet
- Tito
- Alia
- Socialist
- Yugoslavia
- Andrei
- Oblast
- Alexei
- Constantin
- Committee
- Mikhail
- Sickle
- Statute
- Lithuanian
- Assembly
- Spa
- Executive
- Ukraine
- Chairperson
- Kim
- Amar
- Premier
- Konstantin
- Mongolian
- Ural
- Congress
- Uzbek
- Azerbaijan
- Kazakh
- Council
- Session
- Czechoslovakia
- Behalf
- Commemoration
- Georgian
- Heroism
- Head
- Yerevan
- Bolshevik
- Secretary
- Diploma
- Regional
- Bulgaria
- Peoples
- Nazi
- Cabinet
- Riga
Adjective
Wiktionary
PRESIDIUM, noun. A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess. [1920]
PRESIDIUM, noun. Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.
Dictionary definition
PRESIDIUM, noun. A permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session.
Wise words
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