presbyteries

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presbytery
The home of a Roman Catholic parish priest
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A body of elders in the early Christian church
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{n} a body of pastors and lay elders
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A section of the church reserved for the clergy
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the group of pastors and deacons who are invited by a local congregation to examine a candidate for ordination and make recommendation to the church concerning the wisdom of ordaining such a person
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{i} area of the church set aside for the clergy (usually the eastern section); priest's house, parsonage; ecclesiastical court
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a governing body consisting of all the ministers, in number not fewer than 12, and at least one ruling elder from each church, within a certain geographical district that includes at least 12 churches There are 174 presbyteries
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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
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That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest
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The residence of a priest or clergyman
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(i) the sanctuary, or eastern part of the chancel beyond the choir
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Presbyters collectively
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A presbytery is the house in which a Roman Catholic priest lives
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the part of the church lying east of the choir, where the high altar is placed
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The Presbyterian religion of polity
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building reserved for the officiating clergy
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This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority
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The westernmost portion of the chancel Doors in the screens which encompass the chancel on its north and south sides open into the presbytery and it is therefore an important ceremonial landmark in the Sarum Rite; various processions enter or leave through these north-south presbytery doors