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presbytery

pres.by.tery \'prez-b*-.ter-e-, -tre; 'pres-b*-, -p*-\ n [ME & LL; ME 
   presbytory part of church reserved for clergy, fr. LL pre]sbyterium group 
   of presbyters, part of church reserved for clergy, fr. Gk presbyterion 
   group of presbyters, fr. presbyteros elder, priest - more at PRIEST 1: the 
   part of a church reserved for the officiating clergy  2: a ruling body in 
   presbyterian churches consisting of the ministers and r epresentative 
   elders from congregations within a district 3: the jurisdiction of a 
   presbytery  4: the house of a Roman Catholic parish priest