Presbyter

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Presbyterian.

II. Presbyter ·noun A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.

III. Presbyter ·noun One ordained to the second order in the ministry;

— called also priest.

IV. Presbyter ·noun An elder in the early Christian church. ·see 2d Citation under Bishop, ·noun, 1.

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