Definition of presbyter

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Presbyter (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.

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Seceder :: Seceder (n.) One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called..
Presbyterial :: Presbyterial (a.) Presbyterian.
Atherine :: Atherine (n.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides..
Presbyterianism :: Presbyterianism (n.) That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively..
Archpresbytery :: Archpresbytery (n.) The absolute dominion of presbytery.
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) The Presbyterian religion of polity.
Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.
Disciplinarian :: Disciplinarian (n.) A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline.
Presbytership :: Presbytership (n.) The office or station of a presbyter; presbyterate.
Consistorian :: Consistorian (a.) Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.
Communion :: Communion (n.) A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion..
Church :: Church (n.) A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church..
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) The residence of a priest or clergyman.
Arian :: Arian (a.) Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings..
Prester :: Prester (n.) A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John..
Presbyteral :: Presbyteral (a.) Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.
Panpresbyterian :: Panpresbyterian (a.) Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council..
Institutor :: Institutor (n.) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.
Classis :: Classis (n.) An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church..
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