presbytery
Americannoun
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presbyteries
plural
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a body of presbyters or elders.
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(in Presbyterian churches) an ecclesiastical court consisting of all the ministers and one or two presbyters from each congregation in a district.
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the churches under the jurisdiction of a presbytery.
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the part of a church appropriated to the clergy.
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Roman Catholic Church. a rectory.
noun
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Presbyterian Church
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a local Church court composed of ministers and elders
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the congregations or churches within the jurisdiction of any such court
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the part of a cathedral or church east of the choir, in which the main altar is situated; sanctuary
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presbyters or elders collectively
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government of a church by presbyters or elders
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RC Church the residence of a parish priest
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Etymology
Origin of presbytery
1375–1425; late Middle English presbetory, presbitory priests' bench, for Late Latin presbyterium group of elders < Greek presbytérion. See presbyter, -y 3
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Grant said the presbytery doesn’t have a formal security program for its churches and schools but that members have worked together to share best practices and improve safety.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Marek Mielewczyk was a 13-year-old altar boy when a priest asked him to come to his presbytery.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2019
For the first time since they shared the St Alipius presbytery at Ballarat in the 1970s, George Pell will be back under the same roof as the worst of the worst.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2019
The local presbytery of the Presbyterian Church USA asked its leaders last year to embark on a period of self-assessment.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2017
The sacristy is beyond the chapel of S. Peter at the back of the presbytery.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
In the lead-up to the debate, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 23, 2022
Ahead of the vote, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
It is my hope that presbyteries will one day consider the whole of each candidate, looking first to the gifts each candidate seeks to bring to the ministry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The recommendation on holding office is still to be approved by a majority of the 85 presbyteries, when it is brought before the general assembly for final action.
From Time Magazine Archive
The presbyteries and the gardens thereto pertaining shall, if they are not alienated, be turned over to the pastors or to the assistants in charge of the same missions.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham
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