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presbytery

n.长老会,长老会辖区,内殿

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presbytery


/'prezbɪtrɪ; [US] -terɪ; `prɛzbə,tɛrɪ/
n
1 (regional) administrative court of the Presbyterian Church (基督教长老会的)教务评议会; 长老区会.
2 house where a Roman Catholic parish priest lives 天主教堂区神甫的居所.
3 (in a church) eastern part of the chancel beyond the choir; sanctuary (教堂内的)司祭席, 内殿.

presbytery


npluralpresbyteries[C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: presbiterie, from Late Latin presbyterium, from Greek, from presbyteros; PRIEST]
a local court or council of the Presbyterian church or the area controlled by that church
a house in which a Roman Catholic priest lives
the eastern part of a church, behind the area where the choir (=singers) sits