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presbyteral, a.|prɛs-, prɛzˈbɪtərəl|
Also 7 -bit-.
[a. F. presbytéral (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. med.L. presbyterālis (c 984 in Du Cange): see prec. and -al1.]
1. Of or pertaining to a presbyter or priest; consisting of presbyters.
1611Cotgr., Presbiteral, Presbiterall, Priestlie, belonging to a priest. 1620Brent tr. Sarpi's Counc. Trent vii. 652 According to the Councell of Chalcedon, at which time a presbyterall title without an Office was not heard of. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. v. 176 Neither the Unction, nor the Delivery of the Consecrated Vessels, are the Matter of Presbyteral Ordination. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xv. I. 490 These powers, during a short period, were exercised according to the advice of the presbyteral college. 1885Lightfoot Ep. Philippians (ed. 8) 350 [In the Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles] There is no trace of the episcopal office as distinct from the presbyteral.
2. = Presbyterian a. 1.
1651J. Jane Εικων ακλαστος 193 The Directory, Extemporall devotions, independent, or Presbiterall platformes. 1688Andros Tracts II. 12 Dissenting Ministers in and about London, that go under the Denomination of Presbiteral and Congregational. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. 49 Calvin's Presbyteral Order. 1807W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. V. 577 Zeal for a presbyteral, rather than an episcopal organization of Church government. 1902T. M. Lindsay Ch. Early Cent. v. 194 There is no indication that he is upholding the episcopal against any other form of church government, as for instance the presbyteral. |