Definitions of presbytery [ˈprɛz bɪˌtɛr i, ˈprɛs-]

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) presbytery
a body of presbyters or elders.

2.  presbytery
(in Presbyterian churches) an ecclesiastical assembly consisting of all the ministers and one or two presbyters from each congregation in a district.

3.  presbytery
the churches under the jurisdiction of a presbytery.

4.  presbytery
the part of a church appropriated to the clergy.

5.  presbytery
Rom. Cath. Ch.

Etymology: (1425–75; late ME presbetory priests' bench (< OF

Definition of 'presbytery'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) presbytery
building reserved for the officiating clergy

Definition of 'presbytery'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) presbytery
a body of elders in the early Christian church

2. (noun) presbytery
a judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority

3. (noun) presbytery
the Presbyterian religion of polity

4. (noun) presbytery
that part of the church reserved for the officiating priest

5. (noun) presbytery
the residence of a priest or clergyman

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