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How to pronounce presbytery in English?

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Type of building, edifice

Examples of presbytery

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The presbytery appealed the ruling to the church's regional judicial commission.
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The action by the presbytery comes when Westminster is doing well, Thompson said.
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The marble high altar of the presbytery was built in 1532 by Baldassarre Peruzzi.
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Gruffydd's remains were interned in a tomb in the presbytery of Bangor Cathedral.
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Presbytery leaders conceded that there is sometimes a role for civil courts.
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On a Monday in July 2005, Kaufman learned that a judge had ruled for the presbytery.
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The presbytery area is from the 12th century, while the rest is from the 11th century.
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Ordinarily, teaching elders are installed by a presbytery as pastor of a congregation.
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The presbytery bought the 15-acre property in 1996 to build a new church.
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  • Building reserved for the officiating clergy
  • (presbyterian) a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church
  • Presbyterian polity is a method of church governance typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders. Each local church is governed by a body of elected elders usually called the session or consistory, though other terms, such as church board, may apply. ...
  • A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title. Many former rectories may still be referred to locally as a rectory once a church or religious organisation has vacated the property.
  • In architecture, the apse (from Latin absis: "arch, vault" from Greek u1F00u03C8u03AFu03C2 apsis "arch"; sometimes written apsis; plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an Exedra...
  • The home of a Roman Catholic parish priest; A body of elders in the early Christian church; A section of the church reserved for the clergy; Presbyters collectively
  • (Presbyterian) This form of church government recognizes that Christ alone is Head of the Church, and that He rules His church by His Word and Spirit. Thus, church officials have power, although it is ministerial and declarative, not legislative. ...
  • (Presbyterian) Witness (Halifax), 17 July 1852.
  • (Presbyterian) [P], FO up, strikes palm of NDH [B], PO > DS, FO up, 2x with middle finger. (< initialized form of LUTHERAN.) For an animated gif of this sign, see American Sign Language browser: Presbyterian.