Pres*byt"er*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery;
presbyterial.
Pres*byt"er*ate (?), n. [L. presbyteratus: cf. F. presbytÈrat.] A
presbytery; also, presbytership. Heber.
Pres"by*ter*ess, n. A female presbyter. Bale.
Pres`by*te"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. presbytÈral.] Presbyterian.
"Presbyterial government." Milton.
Pres`by*te"ri*an (?), a. [Cf. F. presbytÈrien.] Of or pertaining to a
presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to
those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the
doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.
Pres`by*te"ri*an, n. [Cf. F. presbytÈrien.] One who maintains the
validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the
Presbyterian church.
Reformed Presbyterians. See Cameronian.
Pres`by*te"ri*an*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. presbytÈrianisme.] That form of
church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power,
and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the
Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
||Pres`by*te"ri*um (?), n. [L.] (Arch.) Same as Presbytery, 4.
Pres"by*ter*ship (?), n. The office or station of a presbyter;
presbyterate.
Pres"by*ter*y (?), n.; pl. Presbyteries (#). [L. presbyterium, Gr. &?;.
See Presbyter, and cf. Presbyterium.]