Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate. 2. (v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.

Multi-Version Concordance Preside (3 Occurrences) Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ preside in your hearts, to which also ye have been called in one body, and be thankful. (DBY) 1 Chronicles 23:4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges; (DBY YLT) 2 Chronicles 34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and others of the Levites, all that were skilful with instruments of music. (See JPS)