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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
presbytery
n : reserved for the officiating clergy
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