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单词 presbytery
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pres·by·ter·y (prĕzbĭ-tĕrē, prĕs-)
n. pl. pres·by·ter·ies
1.
a. A court composed of Presbyterian Church ministers and representative elders of a particular locality.
b. The district represented by this court.
2. Presbyters considered as a group.
3. Government of a church by presbyters.
4. The section of a church reserved for the clergy.
5. Roman Catholic Church The residence of a priest.

[Middle English presbetory, priests' bench, from Late Latin presbyterium, council of elders, from Greek presbuterion, from presbuteros, elder; see PRESBYTER.]
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