Presbyter (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
  2. (in hierarchical churches) a priest.
  3. an elder in a Presbyterian church.
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    • 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
  2. (in some hierarchical Churches) another name for priest
  3. (in the Presbyterian Church)
    • a teaching elder
    • a ruling elder
Presbyter (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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