An elder in the early Christian church, esp. in New Testament times. Cf. presbyter, n. 1b. Obsolete. rare.
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| 释义 | society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > elder > [noun] (14) priestOE An elder in the early Christian church, esp. in New Testament times. Cf. presbyter, n. 1b. Obsolete. rare. senior1382 In early translations of the New Testament, used to render Latin senior, Greek πρεσβύτερος, in various applications, where the later versions have… presbyter1528 An elder in the Christian Church. In the early Church: one of a number of people having oversight and management of the affairs of (and occasionally… lay elder1593 (see elder, adj. 4). ruling elder1593 a nominated or elected official of any of various Christian churches, esp. the Presbyterian Church; cf. elder, n.3 4a. presbyter-bishop1654 a presbyter (sense 1b) considered as the equivalent of a bishop (bishop, n. 1a). lay presbyter1656 ? = ‘lay elder’. Subcategories:— female (1) — chief (1) — collectively (2) — office of (2) — Jewish tradition of (1) |
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