Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
presbyter orpresbytery ;presbyterial .
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Examples
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The College of Cardinals is divided into three orders: the episcopal order, to which belong those Cardinals to whom the Roman Pontiff assigns the title of a suburbicarian Church, and eastern-rite Patriarchs who are made members of the College of Cardinals; the presbyteral order, and the diaconal order.
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The publication of the Document on the vocation to the presbyteral ministry which you are preparing will certainly be a great help to your pastoral action.
Archive 2008-02-01 papabear 2008
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The publication of the Document on the vocation to the presbyteral ministry which you are preparing will certainly be a great help to your pastoral action.
Archive 2008-01-27 papabear 2008
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Are you resolved, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to discharge without fail the office of priesthood in this presbyteral order as a conscientious fellow worker with the bishops in caring for the Lord's flock?
Ordination vows Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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"'Gift From on High' was the result of a consultation that I did with the presbyteral council," said Bishop Olmsted.
A Good Shepherd --- Bishop Thomas Olmsted -- Preaching and Teaching in the Desert 2006
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Father Goraieb has worked with Bishop Olmsted on the presbyteral council and served as chairman of the Natural Family Planning Board for the diocese.
A Good Shepherd --- Bishop Thomas Olmsted -- Preaching and Teaching in the Desert 2006
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The episcopate was not formed from the Apostolic order through the localization of the universal authority of the Apostles, but from the presbyteral (by elevation).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Hence, for a subdiaconal prebend twenty years complete, for a diaconal twenty-one years complete, and for a presbyteral twenty-three years complete sufficed.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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It advised all bishops to make division of the canonries, so that the one half should be presbyteral and the other half diaconal and subdiaconal.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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It remains true, however, that although the episcopal and presbyteral (parochial) schools thus contributed to the education of the laity, the chief portion of the burden of lay education in the early Middle Ages was borne by the monasteries.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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