presidium
pre·sid·i·um / priˈsidēəm; -ˈzid-/ (also prae·sid·i·um) • n. a standing executive committee in a communist country. ∎ (Presidium) the committee of this type in the former USSR, which functioned as the legislative authority when the Supreme Soviet was not sitting.
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