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单词 presbyterium
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presbyteriumn.

Brit. /ˌprɛzbᵻˈtɪərɪəm/, /ˌprɛsbᵻˈtɪərɪəm/, U.S. /ˌprɛzbəˈtɪriəm/, /ˌprɛsbəˈtɪriəm/
Forms:

α. 1500s 1700s– presbyterium, 1700s presbiterium.

β. 1800s presbyterion.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin presbyterium.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin presbyterium body or council of elders, Jewish or Christian (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), office or dignity of elder (Vetus Latina), place assigned to elders in church, office of presbyter, priesthood (4th cent.), body of elders of an individual parish church (1573 in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek πρεσβυτέριον (also πρεσβυτερεῖον ) council of elders, Jewish or Christian (New Testament), place assigned to elders in church, in Byzantine Greek also office of presbyter, priesthood (4th cent.) < πρεσβύτερος presbyter n. + -ιον , suffix forming nouns (compare -y suffix4). Compare Spanish presbiterio (c1600 in architectural sense), Italian presbiterio (14th cent. in sense ‘priests of a church collectively’, 1623 in architectural sense). Compare earlier presbytery n., and (with sense 2) earlier presbyterate n. 1.In β. forms after Hellenistic Greek πρεσβυτέριον. With sense 2 compare the following earlier unassimilated borrowing of post-classical Latin presbyterium:1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. vi. 157 Let vs demaund of them..why and to what ende they suppresse the name Priest, translating it Elder, in all places where the holy Scripture would signifie by Presbyter and Presbyterium, the Priestes and Priesthoode of the new Testament?
1. Church Architecture. = presbytery n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > chancel or sanctuary > [noun]
chancel1303
sacrarya1387
sanctuarya1400
presbytery1466
presbyterium1565
cancelli1642
bema1683
sacrarium1727
haikal1884
1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iii. 196 The Quier 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.
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) sig. Qq2b Presbiterium, The Presbytery, i.e. The Quire or Chancel so called, because it was the place appropriated to the Bishop and Priests, and other Clergy.
1733 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations I. 333 The Sanctuary, otherwise called the Presbyterium, is appointed for the Person who officiates, and his Assistants.
1854 G. Bush Illustr. Holy Script. 62/1 On the partition, which separates the presbyterium from the body of the church, there is placed a small marble shrine, whereon are preserved the..hands of St. Catharine.
1873 Catholic World Mar. 772/2 The apse..is remarkable for having the presbyterium and the credence-table cut in the wall.
1913 Burlington Mag. Dec. 128/2 The spiral columns probably stood in a row across the front of the presbyterium.
1987 World Archaeol. 18 330 The first set of steps, in the middle of the building, led from the nave to the presbyterium.
2. A body of presbyters, elders, or priests; = presbytery n. 4.Usually with reference to the community of presbyters in the early Church.
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society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > kirk-session > member of > collective
eldership1557
presbytery1591
presbyterate1641
presbyterium1733
elderhood1860
1733 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations I. 119 The Council of the first Christian Assemblies was for no other Reason called Presbyterium, or a Council of Elders.
1799 Butler's Lives Saints (new ed.) V. 309 St Chrysostom died in the Presbyterium or community of the clergy belonging to the church of St Basiliscus.
1873 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. Jan. 157 The Presbytery of Wandsworth can only have been a Presbyterium or eldership of some sort.
a1886 J. Ker Lect. Hist. Preaching (1888) iii. 46 Next was a space occupied by the Presbyterion or body of Presbyters.
1896 E. 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.
1902 T. M. Lindsay Church & Ministry 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.
1993 Church Times 26 Nov. 1/3 Once someone was ordained he belonged to the presbyterium of the diocese.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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