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   pres·by·ter·y

   /ˈprezbəˌterē/

   noun

   • 1. a body of Church elders and ministers, especially (in Presbyterian Churches) an administrative body (court) representing all the local congregations of a district.
   • ▪ a district represented by a presbytery.
   • 2. the house of a Roman Catholic parish priest.
   • 3. the eastern part of a church chancel beyond the choir; the sanctuary.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in presbytery (sense 3)): from Old French presbiterie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek presbuterion, from presbuteros (see presbyter).

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