pres·by·ter 
(prĕzbĭ-tər, prĕs-)
(prĕzbĭ-tər, prĕs-)n.
1. A priest in various hierarchical churches.
2. An elder in the Presbyterian Church.
[Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros, from comparative of presbus, old man; see per1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]