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Presbytery
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(n.) The Presbyterian religion of polity.
(4):
(n.) That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest.
(5):
(n.) The residence of a priest or clergyman.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Presbytery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/presbytery.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Presbytery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/presbytery.html. 1828.
