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‖ presbyˈterium, -ion
[Christian L. (Cyprian, a 250), ad. Gr. πρεσβυτέριον, -τερεῖον (N.T.) a council of elders, Jewish or Christian; in eccl. Gr. the office of a presbyter, also the meeting-place of presbyters or elders.]
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1565Jewel Repl. Harding's Answ. iii. xxvi. 196 The Quièr was then..called Cancelli, a Chauncel, and commonly of the Greekes Presbyterium, for that it was a place specially appointed vnto the Priestes, and Ministers, and shut vp from al others. 1701Cowell's Interpr., Presbyterium, the Presbytery i.e. The Quire or Chancel so called, because it was the place appropriated to the Bishop and Priests, and other Clergy.
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a1886J. Ker Lect. Hist. Preaching iii. (1888) 46 Next was a space occupied by the Presbyterion or body of Presbyters. 1896E. Beck in Dublin Rev. July 82 The college of cardinals represents the ancient presbyterium, or council, by which the bishop of Rome, as every other bishop, was assisted. 1902T. M. Lindsay Ch. & Min. in Early Cent. v. 196 According to the conception of Ignatius, every Christian community ought to have at its head a bishop, a presbyterium or session of elders, and a body of deacons. |