About The Word Presbyter
Learn about the word Presbyter to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Presbyter definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Presbyter
| Presbyter Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Presbyter?
[n] an elder in the Presbyterian Church
Synonyms | Synonyms for Presbyter: Related Terms | Find terms related to Presbyter: See Also | elder Presbyter In Webster's Dictionary \Pres"by*ter\, n. [L. an elder, fr. Gr. ?. See
{Priest}.]
1. An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation
under {Bishop}, n., 1.
2. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) One ordained to the second
order in the ministry; -- called also {priest}.
I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest.
--Hooker.
New presbyter is but old priest writ large.
--Milton.
3. (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or
clerical.
4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Rhynchoelaps australis ‐ small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white…
- Mantilla ‐ short cape worn by women [n] a woman's silk or…
- Varicolored ‐ having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;…
- Pleasingness ‐ a likeable beauty; "the liveliness and pleasingness of dark eyes"-…
- Whitsun ‐ Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially…
- Little lord fauntleroy ‐ an excessively polite and…
- Aortic stenosis ‐ abnormal narrowing of the…
- Capital of laos ‐ the capital and largest…
- Bladder disorder ‐ a disorder of the…
- Dive brake ‐ a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of…