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Definition of Presbytery
1. Noun. Building reserved for the officiating clergy.
Definition of Presbytery
1. n. A body of elders in the early Christian church.
Definition of Presbytery
1. Noun. The home of a Roman Catholic parish priest. ¹
2. Noun. A body of elders in the early Christian church. ¹
3. Noun. A section of the church reserved for the clergy. ¹
4. Noun. Presbyters collectively. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Presbytery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presbytery
Literary usage of Presbytery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The Louisville presbytery divided, and I lie adherence of the ... On the 1st of
June, 1807, the presbytery and Synod recognized by the appellants, ..."
2. Inventory of Unpublished Material for American Religious History in by William Henry Allison (1910)
"Letter (reply) of the presbytery of Ebenezer to the presbytery of Chilli- ...
History of the presbytery of Huron. 1823-1887. Minute of presbytery of Miami ..."
3. A History of the Purchase and Settlement of Western New York: And of the by James Harvey Hotchkin (1848)
"presbytery of Delaware detached from the Synod of Geneva and connected with the
... presbytery of Chemung constituted. presbytery of Pennsylvania A Contrast ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In 1716 the presbytery divided itself into four "subordinate meetings, or
presbyteries," ... The presbytery was to judge in the case and not the subscriber. ..."
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