| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| presbyter |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pres·by·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr z b -t r, prs- |
| NOUN: | 1. A priest in various hierarchical churches. 2a. A teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church. b. A ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. 3. An elder of the congregation in the early Christian church. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin, from Greek presbuteros, from comparative of presbus, old man. See per1 in Appendix I.
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