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presbyteries |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Presbytery \Pres"by*ter*y\, n.; pl {Presbyteries}. [L. presbyterium, Gr ?. See {Presbyter}, and cf {Presbyterium}.] 1. A body of elders in the early Christian church. 2. (Presbyterian Ch.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care and next below the provincial synod in authority. 3. The Presbyterian religion of polity. [R.] --Tatler. 4. a (Arch.) That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest. b The residence of a priest or clergyman. --Gwilt.
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