ruling elder

American  

noun

1. an elder in a Presbyterian church.

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Etymology

Origin of ruling elder

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Claire Louise Schoppe, a ruling elder commissioner, was one of the few delegates to speak against the measure.

From Washington Times • Jul. 8, 2022

What transpired in that fatal interview between him and the ruling elder could never be accurately learned from the former.

From Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

Certainly if the Scriptures lay not before us grounds more than prudential for the ruling elder, it were better never to have mere ruling elders in the church.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by

In 1691, brother William Powers, from Welford, was chosen to be a ruling elder.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas

For the ruling elder looked with dark disfavour upon any prominent performance by children and his young minister was rather anxious as to the effect the programme would have upon him.

From Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller