PRESBYTERY

noun the presbyterian religion of polity.

2. presbytery ·noun the residence of a priest or clergyman.

3. presbytery ·noun a body of elders in the early christian church.

4. presbytery ·noun that part of the church reserved for the officiating priest.

5. presbytery ·noun a judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. this body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority.