Found 2 items, similar to Presbytery.
English → English (WordNet) 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. A body of elders in the early Christian church. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. The Presbyterian religion of polity. [R.] --Tatler. [1913 Webster] 4. (a) (Arch.) That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest. (b) The residence of a priest or clergyman. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]