presbytery

A court composed of Presbyterian Church ministers and representative elders of a particular locality.

The district represented by this court.

Presbyters considered as a group.

Government of a church by presbyters.

The section of a church reserved for the clergy.

The residence of a priest.

A body of presbyters or elders in the Christian church; the body or class of presbyters taken collectively.

In churches holding the Presbyterian form of government, a judicatory which ranks next above the session and below the synod.

The ecclesiastical district or division under the jurisdiction of a presbyter.