presbyteral

[prez-bi-ter, pres-]

noun

(in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.

(in hierarchical churches) a priest.

an elder in a Presbyterian church.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Late Latin, noun use of the adj.: older < Greek presbýteros, equivalent to présby(s) old + -teros comparative suffix

Related forms

pres·byt·er·al

[prez-bit-er-uhl, pres-] , adjective

non·pres·by·ter, noun

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Presbyteral is always a great word to know.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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