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Definition: presbytery
presbytery
n : building reserved for the officiating clergy
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Presbytery
Presbytery
\Pres"by*ter*y\, n.; pl.
Presbyteries. [L.
presbyterium, Gr. ?. See
Presbyter, and cf.
Presbyterium.]
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1. A body of elders in the early Christian church.
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2. (Presbyterian Ch.) 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.
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3. The Presbyterian religion of polity. [R.] --Tatler.
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4.
(a) (Arch.) That part of the church reserved for the
officiating priest.
(b) The residence of a priest or clergyman. --Gwilt.
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