teaching elder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of teaching elder
An Americanism dating back to 1635–45
Example Sentences
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Over the summer, Mr. Brunson, a North Carolina-based teaching elder with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, was moved from jail to house arrest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2018
The minister�a teaching elder rather than a ruling elder�is the nonvoting moderator of the session, but technically works for the regional presbytery.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little later, a penalty of 10s. was imposed for Quaker books and MSS. found in the possession of any but a teaching elder.
From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Greene, Maria Louise
Nor, finally, can the teaching elder here be meant; for that were to make a needless and absurd tautology, the teacher being formerly mentioned in this same verse.
From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by
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