presbytery in English

noun

1

a body of church elders and ministers, especially (in Presbyterian churches) an administrative body (court) representing all the local congregations of a district.

To be added to the church's constitution, the ban must be ratified by a majority of the church's 173 presbyteries before the denomination meets in June.

2

the house of a Roman Catholic parish priest.

The parish is, in effect, being run from the presbytery but the only priest the people see is at Mass on a Sunday.

3

the eastern part of a church chancel beyond the choir; the sanctuary.

The climbers are working on top of the three-tiered presbytery and transept, which were built in the 13th century.

Use "presbytery" in a sentence

1. Synonyms for Chancel include apse, presbytery, sanctuary, cathedral, tower, palace, hall, edifice, basilica and minster

2. Raoul Chenevert added a presbytery beside the Cathedral in 1931-32 In 2014 the cathedral celebrated its 350th anniversary.

3. The ‘body of elders’ (or presbytery) there at Ephesus was to act like a star in shedding heavenly, spiritual light upon the congregation over which the holy spirit had made them shepherds.”

4. The presbytery was also known as Apsis, exedra, concha, designations referring to its form; bema from the fact that it was elevated above the level of the nave and in consequence reached by a …

5. The central apse contains the high Chapel of Trinity, where the tombs of the Kings of Mallorca Jaume II and Jaume III are found, and the presbytery (also known as the Royal Chapel) where the great altar is housed, above which is a baldachin created by Antoni Gaudí.

6. Sir--We, the underwritten members of Washington and West Lexington Presbyteries, do hereby enter our protest against the proceedings of Synod, in Approbating that minute of the Washington Presbytery, which condemned the sentiments of Mr McNemar, as dangerous to the souls of men, and hostile to the interests of all true religion; and the