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presbytery

Syllabification: (pres·by·ter·y)

Pronunciation: /ˈprezbəˌterē, ˈpres-, -bətrē/

Definition of presbytery

noun (plural presbyteries)

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 (presbytery (sense 3)): from Old French presbiterie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek presbuterion, from presbuteros (see presbyter)

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