Word Meaning

Meaning of presbytery

- A body of elders in the early Christian church.
- A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority.
- The Presbyterian religion of polity.
- That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest.
- The residence of a priest or clergyman.