0 in charge of a formal meeting, ceremony, or trial:
the presiding judge
The role of the presiding officer is to manage meetings.
1 in charge of a formal meeting or ceremony:
The presiding officer immediately called a recess.
The guitarist was, in fact, the presiding genius behind the band’s success.
They were married by the presiding justice of the peace.
Disturbed about what had happened, the presiding judge declared a mistrial.
NOVÉ SLOVÁ
European
May 10, 2021
SLOVO DŇA
Shimmer
presiding