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presbytery

/prez-bi-ter-ee, pres-/US // ˈprɛz bɪˌtɛr i, ˈprɛs- //UK // (ˈprɛzbɪtərɪ, -trɪ) //

长老会,总统府,长老院,长者协会

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pres·by·ter·ies.

    • : a body of presbyters or elders.
    • : an ecclesiastical court consisting of all the ministers and one or two presbyters from each congregation in a district.
    • : the churches under the jurisdiction of a presbytery.
    • : the part of a church appropriated to the clergy.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. a rectory.

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Examples

  • But, by holding Presbytery as alone of Divine origin, she would most effectively discountenance such unjust claims.

  • After a distinguished career he was, in 1746, licensed to preach by the presbytery of Aberdeen.

  • After further training at Edinburgh he was licensed as preacher by the presbytery of Lorne in 1821.

  • A few years later the presbytery went further than even the magistracy had already done.

  • On the north side, where the presbytery begins, is a queen's head, and on the opposite side a figure with a dog's head.