presbyteral
bɪ noun
1.
(in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
2.
(in hierarchical churches) a priest.
3.
an elder in a Presbyterian church.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. an elder of a congregation in the early Christian Church |
| b. (in some Churches having episcopal politics) an official who is subordinate to a bishop and has administrative, teaching, and sacerdotal functions | |
| 2. | (in some hierarchical Churches) another name for priest |
| 3. | in the Presbyterian Church |
| a. a teaching elder | |
| b. a ruling elder | |
| [C16: from Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros an older man, from presbus old man] | |
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