PRESBYTERY
\pɹɪsbˈa͡ɪtəɹɪ], \pɹɪsbˈaɪtəɹɪ], \p_ɹ_ɪ_s_b_ˈaɪ_t_ə_ɹ_ɪ]\
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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.
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The Presbyterian religion of polity.
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That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest.
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The residence of a priest or clergyman.
By Oddity Software
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In the Presbyterian Church, an organized body, having judicial power, composed of the ministers and ruling elders of the churches in a given district; the district so represented.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(orig.) A council of presbyters or elders: a church court consisting of the ministers and one elder, a layman, from each church within a certain district: (arch.) that part of the church reserved for the officiating priests.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A body of elders in the Christian Church;-a judicatory consisting of all the pastors of churches within a certain district, and one ruling elder, a layman, from each parish or church ; in church architecture, the space between the high altar and the easternmost end of the choir ;-also, the part between the choir and the lady chapel in a Cathedral church.
