1 [treated as singular or plural] a body of Church elders and ministers, especially (in Presbyterian Churches) an administrative body (court) representing all the local congregations of a district.
a district represented by a presbytery.
2the house of a Roman Catholic parish priest.
3chiefly Architecture the eastern part of a church chancel beyond the choir; the sanctuary.
Origin:
late Middle English(in sense 3): from Old French presbiterie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek presbuterion, from presbuteros(see presbyter)
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Definition of presbytery in the US English dictionary
