presbyter

pres·by·ter  (przb-tr, prs-)

n.

1. A priest in various hierarchical churches.

2.

a. A teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church.

b. A ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church.

3. An elder of the congregation in the early Christian church.

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[Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros, from comparative of presbus, old man; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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presbyter

Noun

1. (in some episcopal Churches) an official with administrative and priestly duties

2. (in the Presbyterian Church) an elder [Greek presbuteros an older man]

presbyterial adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

presbyter - an elder in the Presbyterian Church elder - any of various church officers