† senioryn.
Obsolete.
1. Seniority.
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seniority1533
seniory1597
elderhood1601
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 36 If ancient sorrow be most reuerent, Giue mine the benefite of signorie [1623 signeurie] . View more context for this quotation
2. Ecclesiastical. A body of ‘elders’, a presbytery.
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society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > presbytery
eldership1557
seniory1572
presbytery1581
classis1591
consistorya1593
class1644
colloquya1672
colloque1846
elderhood1860
1572 J. Field & T. Wilcox Admon. to Parl. sig. B In stead of Chancelours, Archdeacons,..Churchwardens, and such lyke: You haue to plant in euery congregation a lawful and godly seigniorie.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N8 Though a seigniorie or eldership then in euerie particular church were necessarie.
1651 T. L. Advt. to Q. Elizabeth in Πολύπενϑεος Θρηνωδία 50 That the magistracy whereunder he is placed, whether it be of one, of few, or many is his allowed seniory and lawfull presbytery.
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