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ˈpresbytership
[See -ship.]
The office or rank of presbyter; = presbyterate 1.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxviii. §3 Let them vse what dialect they will, whether we call it a Priesthood, a Presbytership, or a Ministerie, it skilleth not. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. 84 That no Deaconship or Presbytership is given among them, except first they have contracted a Virgin. 1656Trapp Comm. 1 Tim. iii. 13 A fair step to a higher order, i.e. to a bishopric or presbyter-ship. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 298/1 In chapter 47 he [Clement] speaks of the dignity of presbytership. 1885E. S. Ffoulkes Prim. Consecr. ix. 470 Thy servants, whom we dedicate to the honour of the presbytership. |