presbyterate
/prez-bit-er-it, -uh-reyt, pres-/US // prɛzˈbɪt ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt, prɛs- //UK // (prɛzˈbɪtərɪt, -ˌreɪt) //
长老会,长老院,院长,长者
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the office of a presbyter or elder.
- : a body of presbyters or elders.
Examples
But the candidature of this person, who had been deposed from the presbyterate under Leo IV., was indefensible.
The Presbyterate could have no worse ideal, and could follow no more pernicious example, than that of the Jewish priesthood.
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