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presbyter |
2 definitions found 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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