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Definitions for Presbyter
[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.
[4] an elder of a congregation in the early Christian Church (in some Churches having episcopal politics) an official who is subordinate to a bishop and has administrative, teaching, and sacerdotal functions
[5] (in some hierarchical Churches) another name for priest
[6] (in the Presbyterian Church) a teaching elder a ruling elder
Words nearby Presbyter
presbycusis, presbyo-, presbyope, presbyopia, presbyt., presbyter, presbyterate, presbyterial, presbyterian, presbyterian church, presbyterianism
Origin of Presbyter
1590–1600; < Late Latin, noun use of the adj.: older < Greek presbýteros, equivalent to présby(s ) old + -teros comparative suffix
Other words from Presbyter
pres·byt·er·al [prez-bit -er-uh l, pres-] /prɛzˈbɪt ər əl, prɛs-/ , adjective
non·pres·by·ter , noun
Word origin for Presbyter
C16: from Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros an older man, from presbus old man