/ ˈprezbɪtri; NAmE -teri/ noun ( pl. -ies )
1.
a local council of the Presbyterian Church
2.
a house where a Roman Catholic priest lives
3.
part of a church, near the east end, beyond the choir
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in sense 3): from Old French presbiterie , via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek presbuterion , from presbuteros elder (used in the New Testament to denote an elder of the early church), comparative of presbus old (man).