Presbytery

Presbytery - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Apse, Archbishopric, Baptistery, Bishopric, Chancel, Chaplaincy, Chapter, Choir, Classis, Clergy

A presbytery can be

the residence of one or more presbyters, priests, or religious elders; or
an area of a church or cathedral reserved for priests; or
the collective college of priests in a diocese, archdiocese, or prelature; or
the local unit in the polity of a Presbyterian church, consisting of presbyters of several local congregations; several presbyteries may then form a synod.

Example Usage of Presbytery
	JosephGirdler: Headed 2Louisville after being with an AG church family 2nite; 2morrow-District Presbytery, then 22Italian Thanksgiving relatives arriving.
	mstrlocke: RT @CarolHoward: Discussions at #modconf: Do we need to start having digital missionaries? What Presbytery would a church in Second Life ...
	CarolHoward: I also got props for being the first lady of the Presbytery of Silly Walks.

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