presbyter
noun
(in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
presbyteral
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a word derived from
presbyter.
Example Sentences
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The oldest presbyteral titles are to be found in the outlying districts—as SS.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
These powers, during a short period, were exercised according to the advice of the presbyteral college, and with the consent and approbation of the assembly of Christians.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Henry Hart Milman
