presbytery
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈprɛzbɪtəri/
- Jargon
:
presbiterio
- After the renovations, the presbytery became a comfortable residence for the clergy serving the parish.
Examples
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The parish priest closes the door of the sacristy and walks toward the presbytery.
Academic text (2007) -
Its Gothic presbytery is one of the few Gothic structures in and near Florence.
Blog text (32) -
So please return to the presbytery, and we’ll find out what we need to know.
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In May 1862, the North Carolina Presbytery voted to ensure each chaplain a salary of $1,000 a year.
Academic text (1991) -
On one side, an arch frames the entrance to the little presbytery of the chapel (Fig. 1).
Academic text (1992) -
The parishioners, male heads of households, at the level of presbyteries would elect members who would represent them at synods, usually for each county.
Academic text (2006) -
Hanover Presbytery petitioned "in behalf of themselves, and all the Presbyterians in Virginia, and all Protestant Dissenters in general."
Academic text (1996) -
Around 1727, Smith and seven of the colony's Reformed ministers gathered together in Charleston and "sat in presbytery," constituting the first separate, independent presbytery in the South, variously called the South Carolina Presbytery and the Charleston Presbytery.
Academic text (2006) -
The local presbytery meets every month to discuss the needs of the community and church.
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The minister invited everyone to the ceremony at the presbytery where he would be officially ordained.
Synonyms
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8.8
A house that a church gives to its priest
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Etymology
The word presbytery comes from the Greek word presbyteros, which means 'elder'. A presbytery was originally the place for these church elders or leaders, so today presbytery means the building or part of a church used by the priests or ministers.