"presbytery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹɛz.bɪ.tɛɹ.i/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-presbytery.wav Forms: presbyteries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English presbetory, presbytory (“part of church reserved for clergy”), from Late Latin presbyterium (“group of presbyters, part of church reserved for clergy”), from Ancient Greek πρεσβῠτέρῐον (presbutérion, “group of presbyters”), from πρεσβῠ́τερος (presbúteros, “elder, priest”) + -ῐον (-ion). Doublet of presbyterium. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-teros}}, {{inh|en|enm|presbetory}} Middle English presbetory, {{der|en|LL.|presbyterium|t=group of presbyters, part of church reserved for clergy}} Late Latin presbyterium (“group of presbyters, part of church reserved for clergy”), {{der|en|grc|πρεσβῠτέρῐον|t=group of presbyters}} Ancient Greek πρεσβῠτέρῐον (presbutérion, “group of presbyters”), {{doublet|en|presbyterium}} Doublet of presbyterium Head templates: {{en-noun}} presbytery (plural presbyteries)
  1. The home of a Roman Catholic parish priest. Synonyms: rectory
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  2. A body of elders in the early Christian church. Translations (a body of church elders): πρεσβυτέριον (presbutérion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), presbiteri [masculine] (Catalan), pastoran (Indonesian), presbiterio [masculine] (Italian), perehepetere (Maori), prezbiterium [neuter] (Polish), presbitério [masculine] (Portuguese), prezbiteriu [neuter] (Romanian), presbiterio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-presbytery-en-noun-O0phrQxl Disambiguation of 'a body of church elders': 8 58 10 19 5
  3. A chancel; a section of the church reserved for the clergy.
    Sense id: en-presbytery-en-noun-4sQY~2Rq
  4. Presbyters collectively; the body of presbyters of a congregation.
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  5. The district (jurisdiction) of those presbyters.
    Sense id: en-presbytery-en-noun-e1nbStgb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 3 2 29 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 5 5 25 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 3 3 29 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 3 2 30 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: presbyterium [architecture] Derived forms: Presbyterian

Inflected forms

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