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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pres•by•ter (prez′bi tər, pres′-),USA pronunciation n. - Religion(in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
- Religion(in hierarchical churches) a priest.
- Religionan elder in a Presbyterian church.
- Greek presbýteros, equivalent. to présby(s) old + -teros comparative suffix
- Late Latin, noun, nominal use of the adjective, adjectival: older
- 1590–1600;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: presbyter /ˈprɛzbɪtə/ n - an elder of a congregation in the early Christian Church
- (in some Churches having episcopal politics) an official who is subordinate to a bishop and has administrative, teaching, and sacerdotal functions
- (in some hierarchical Churches) another name for priest
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros an older man, from presbus old man |