Antonyms for chairing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : chair

Phonetic Transcription : tʃɛər

Definition of chairing

Origin : mid-15c., "install in a chair or seat" (implied in chairing), from chair (n.); meaning "preside over" (a meeting, etc.) is attested by 1921. Related: Chaired.

As in moderate : verb mediate, arbitrate
As in officiate : verb oversee, manage
As in preside : verb be in authority
As in conduct : verb administer

Example sentences :

The chairing took place on the day following the declaration of the poll.
Extract from : « Norfolk Annals » by Charles Mackie

On the contrary, the women saw nothing absurd in drowning him with flowers and the men in "chairing him."
Extract from : « The Lincoln Story Book » by Henry L. Williams

Now the gatherings have been deprived of some of their most characteristic features; and even the chairing is almost forgotten.
Extract from : « Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland » by Daniel Scott

On the 27th the newly-elected members dined with their supporters at the Norfolk Hotel, and the chairing took place on the 28th.
Extract from : « Norfolk Annals » by Charles Mackie

Its chairing of the bards is an ancient ceremony; its gorsedd of bards is probably modern.
Extract from : « A Short History of Wales » by Owen M. Edwards

That chairing has gone out should be a source of extraordinary relief at Westminster.
Extract from : « Adventures and Enthusiasms » by E. V. Lucas

The chairing of the successful candidates took place on August 2nd.
Extract from : « Norfolk Annals » by Charles Mackie

He and Hobhouse once started on their “chairing” from the house at the corner of Sloane Street.
Extract from : « The Memorials of the Hamlet of Knightsbridge » by Henry George Davis

Proctors bull-dogs were rolled over in the mud, and the proctors treated to the dignity of a chairing.
Extract from : « Cambridge » by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker

This picture had evidently seen service as "a chairing" in some English book.
Extract from : « Child Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

Synonyms for chairing

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