TERM OF OFFICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does term of office mean? 

• TERM OF OFFICE (noun)
  The noun TERM OF OFFICE has 1 sense:

1. the term during which some position is held

  Familiarity information: TERM OF OFFICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERM OF OFFICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The term during which some position is held

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

incumbency; tenure; term of office

Hypernyms ("term of office" is a kind of...):

term (a limited period of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "term of office"):

administration; presidency; presidential term (the tenure of a president)

vice-presidency; vice-presidential term (the tenure of a vice president)

episcopate (the term of office of a bishop)