Presbyter Definition

prĕzbĭ-tər, prĕs-
presbyters
noun
A priest.
Webster's New World
In the early Christian church and in the Presbyterian Church, an elder.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Presbyter

Noun

Singular:
presbyter
Plural:
presbyters

Origin of Presbyter

  • Late Latin from Greek presbuteros from comparative of presbus old man per1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbuteros), from πρέσβυς (presbus, “elder, older").

    From Wiktionary

Presbyter Sentence Examples

  • His position is one of great honour and influence, but he remains a simple presbyter, without any special rule or jurisdiction.

  • A third theory, advanced by Professor Witherow and others, is that the modern elder is intended to be, and should be, recognized as a copy of the scriptural presbyter.

  • But apparently it soon became desirable and perhaps necessary to specialize the work of teaching by setting apart for that duty one presbyter who should withdraw from secular occupation and devote his whole time to the work of the ministry.

  • In 1537 he was invited to Denmark by Christian III., and remained five years in that country, organizing the church (though only a presbyter, he consecrated the new Danish bishops) and schools.

  • He set himself in opposition to Novatian, a presbyter of Rome, who advocated their permanent exclusion from the church; and it was his influence which guided the tolerant measures of the Carthaginian synods on the subject.

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