pres|by|ter|y

pres|by|ter|y «PREHZ buh _TEHR ee, PREHS-», noun, plural -ter|ies.

1. a meeting or court of all the ministers and certain of the elders within a district of a Presbyterian church.

2. the district under the jurisdiction of such a meeting or court.

3. the part of a church set aside for the clergy.

4. a priest's house in the Roman Catholic Church; rectory.

5. a body of presbyters or elders.

╂[< Latin presbyterium < Greek presbytérion council of elders; also, its meeting place < presbýteros presbyter]