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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. 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.