presbyter
[prez-bi-ter, pres-]
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noun
(in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
(in hierarchical churches) a priest.
an elder in a Presbyterian church.
Origin of presbyter
1590–1600; < Late Latin, noun use of the adj.: older < Greek presbýteros, equivalent to présby(s) old + -teros comparative suffix
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Historical Examples of presbyter
And the presbyter who had received them with hospitality, said to him, "What shall I do, for I have no fish?"
The diaconate, the presbyter, priest or elder, and the επισκοπος or bishop.
Mysticism and its ResultsJohn Delafield
The original text has here this interpolation, 'who was the presbyter nanda at that time,' of course bracketed by the editor.
The Gtakamlrya Sra
By "presbyter," or "elder," Papias means not an officer in the Church, but a man of an older generation.
The Literature and History of New Testament TimesJ. Gresham (John Gresham) Machen
The presbyter laid by the book,And earnestly he prayed That the great sin the cat had doneMight not on him be laid.
The Book of Humorous VerseVarious
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Word Origin for presbyter
C16: from Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros an older man, from presbus old man
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