presbyter

pres·by·ter

P0534800 (prĕz′bĭ-tər, prĕs′-)n.1. A priest in various hierarchical churches.2. An elder in the Presbyterian Church.

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

presbyter

(ˈprɛzbɪtə) n1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a. an elder of a congregation in the early Christian Churchb. (in some Churches having episcopal politics) an official who is subordinate to a bishop and has administrative, teaching, and sacerdotal functions2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (in some hierarchical Churches) another name for priest3. (Protestantism) (in the Presbyterian Church)a. a teaching elderb. a ruling elder[C16: from Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros an older man, from presbus old man]

pres•by•ter

(ˈprɛz bɪ tər, ˈprɛs-)

n. 1. (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions. 2. (in hierarchical churches) a priest. 3. an elder in a Presbyterian church. [1590–1600; < Late Latin: older, elder, presbyter < Greek presbýteros=présby(s) old + -teros comp. suffix] pres•byt′er•al (-ˈbɪt ər əl) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

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

Translations

anziano anglicanosacerdote