Cryptic crossword clue
Preside over Church broadcast 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHAIR

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The straight part
We know that "Preside over" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case preside over = chair.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CHAIR mean?

CHAIR noun
  1. An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
  2. The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
  3. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
  4. One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
  5. A distinguished professorship at a university.
  6. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
  7. The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
CHAIR verb
  1. To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
  2. To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
  3. To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
CHAIR noun
  1. A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
CHAIR noun
  1. A chair-like device used for performing execution by electrocution.
  2. An electrically powered wheelchair.
  3. A transitional hold in which an attacking wrestler hoists an opponent up onto his/her shoulders so that they are both facing in the same direction.

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