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pres·by·ter

(prĕz′bĭ-tər, prĕs′-)

1. A priest in various hierarchical churches.

2. An elder in the Presbyterian Church.

[Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros, from comparative of presbus, old man; see per in Indo-European roots.]

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presbyter

(ˈprɛzbɪtə)

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms)

a. an elder of a congregation in the early Christian Church

b. (in some Churches having episcopal politics) an official who is subordinate to a bishop and has administrative, teaching, and sacerdotal functions

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (in some hierarchical Churches) another name for priest

3. (Protestantism) (in the Presbyterian Church)

a. a teaching elder

b. a ruling elder

[C16: from Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros an older man, from presbus old man]

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pres•by•ter

(ˈprɛz bɪ tər, ˈprɛs-)

n.

1. (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.

2. (in hierarchical churches) a priest.

3. an elder in a Presbyterian church.

[1590–1600; < Late Latin: older, elder, presbyter < Greek presbýteros=présby(s) old + -teros comp. suffix]

pres•byt′er•al (-ˈbɪt ər əl) adj.

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anziano anglicano sacerdote

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