presbyterate

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. presbytership, eldership
2. The order of presbyters.
3. A body of presbyters or elders of the Church.

Verb

To constitute or organize according to the Presbyterian system, or along Presbyterian lines.

Adj

Constituted of presbyters or elders.

Vertalings

presbiterato

presbytérat

Etimologie (Engels)

From Medieval Latin presbyterātus. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it).