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Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) 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..

Classis :: Classis (n.) An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church..

Presbyterate :: Presbyterate (n.) A presbytery; also, presbytership..

Archpresbytery :: Archpresbytery (n.) The absolute dominion of presbytery.

Probationer :: Probationer (n.) A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach..

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest.

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) The residence of a priest or clergyman.

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) The Presbyterian religion of polity.

Presbyteral :: Presbyteral (a.) Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.

Presbyterium :: Presbyterium (n.) Same as Presbytery, 4..

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.

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