Presbytery Definition

prĕzbĭ-tĕrē, prĕs-
presbyteries
noun
A court composed of Presbyterian Church ministers and representative elders of a particular locality.
American Heritage
The district represented by this court.
American Heritage
In the Presbyterian Church,
Webster's New World
Presbyters considered as a group.
American Heritage
The part of a church reserved for the officiating clergy.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
presbytery
Plural:
presbyteries

Origin of Presbytery

  • Middle English presbetory priests' bench from Late Latin presbyterium council of elders from Greek presbuterion from presbuteros elder presbyter

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

  • presbyter +"Ž -y

    From Wiktionary

Presbytery Sentence Examples

  • When satisfied, the presbytery proceeds with the ordination and induction.

  • The work of the presbytery is episcopal.

  • In 1588 he was chosen by the presbytery of Edinburgh one of its commissioners to the General Assembly.

  • The ecclesiastical unit in episcopacy is a diocese, comprising many churches and ruled by a prelate; in congregationalism it is a single church, self-governed and entirely independent of all others; in Presbyterianism it is a presbytery or council composed of ministers and elders representing all the churches within a specified district.

  • But, in contrast with Congregationalism, when they elect and "call" a minister their action has to be sustained by the presbytery, which judges of his fitness for that particular sphere, of the measure of the congregation's unanimity, and of the adequacy of financial support.

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