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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Presbyter \Pres"by*ter\, n. [L. an elder, fr Gr ?. See
{Priest}.]
1. An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation
under {Bishop}, n., 1.
2. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) One ordained to the second
order in the ministry; -- called also {priest}.
I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest.
--Hooker.
New presbyter is but old priest writ large
--Milton.
3. (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or
clerical.
4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
presbyter
n : an elder in the Presbyterian Church
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