Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A priest in various hierarchical churches.
- noun An elder in the Presbyterian Church.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An elder; a priest; specifically, in hierarchic churches, a minister of the second order, between the bishop and the deacon.
- noun In zoology, a monkey of the genus Presbytes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under
Bishop , n., 1. - noun (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also
priest . - noun (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.
- noun obsolete A Presbyterian.
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- noun A
priest in variouschurches . - noun An
elder of thePresbyterian church. - noun An elder of the
congregation inearly Christianity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an elder in the Presbyterian Church
Etymologies
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The term presbyter was of common use in the Jewish Church, as denoting the "rulers" of the synagogue (cf. Luke, xiii, 14).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The term presbyter is undoubtedly an honorific title, while that of episcopus primarily indicates the function performed.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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“Priest” comes from the Greek word presbyter, which means “elder.”
Maundy Thursday: Mass and Priesthood Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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“Priest” comes from the Greek word presbyter, which means “elder.”
Archive 2008-03-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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He infers far too much from the fact that the titles presbyter and bishop are synonymous in the New Testament, relying chiefly on an ordinance concerning the election of bishops of the Alexandrian Church, which prescribed that, in accordance with an ancient tradition the college of presbyters should always choose and consecrate one of its own number.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The designation presbyter, it is suggested, may have been given to all those who were recognized as having a claim to some voice in directing the affairs of the community, whether this were based on official status, or social rank, or benefactions to the local Church, or on some other ground; while those presbyters who had received the laying on of hands would be known, not simply as
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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V, 24) states that a certain Macedonian presbyter,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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In this passage of the historian St. Lawrence is referred to as presbyter, in distinction to Peter who is called monachus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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It is this name presbyter (elder) which has passed into the Christian speech to signify the minister of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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For with St. Paul a bishop and a presbyter are the same thing, as St. Jerome also confirms.
Articles 10-18. Twenty-Seven Articles Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate 1909
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