presbytery – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
presbytery
n.
area of the church set aside for the clergy (usually the eastern section); priest's house, parsonage; ecclesiastical court
Presbytery
presbytery
Noun
1. building reserved for the officiating clergy
(hypernym) building, edifice
(part-holonym) church, church building
Presbytery
(n.)
The residence of a priest or clergyman.
(n.)
The Presbyterian religion of polity.
(n.)
That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest.
(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.
(n.)
A body of elders in the early Christian church.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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presbytery
Synonyms and related words:
Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Easter sepulcher, Lateran Council, Sacred College, Vatican Council, abbacy, ambry, apse, archbishopric, archdeaconry, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, baptistery, bishopdom, bishopric, blindstory, canonicate, canonry, cardinalship, chancel, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chapter, choir, church house, classis, clergy, clergy house, clerical order, clericals, cloisters, conciliarism, conclave, conference, confessional, confessionary, congregation, consistory, convention, convocation, crypt, curacy, deaconry, deaconship, deanery, deanship, diaconicon, diaconicum, diocesan conference, ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, episcopacy, manse, ministry, nave, parochial church council, parochial council, parsonage, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, plenary council, porch, prebend, prebendaryship, prelacy, prelateship, prelature, presbyterate, priestery, priesthood, primacy, rabbinate, rectorate, rectorship, rectory, rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy, session, synod, the cloth, transept, triforium, vestry, vicarage, vicariate, vicarship
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