Lewis Short
praesĭdātus | praesĭdĭātus (noun M) : (), , praeses
* The office of governor of a province, governorship (post-class.): Dalmatiae,Vop. Carin. 17: praesidatu regere,Aur. Vict. Caes. 29; Dig. 27, 1, 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary