Defn: A female presbyter. Bale.
PRESBYTERIAL
Pres`by*te"ri*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. presbytéral.]
Defn: Presbyterian. "Presbyterial government." Milton.
PRESBYTERIAN
Pres`by*te"ri*an, a. Etym: [Cf. F. presbytérien.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.
PRESBYTERIAN
Pres`by*te"ri*an, n. Etym: [Cf. F. presbytérien.]
Defn: One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Presbyterian church. Reformed Presbyterians. See Cameronian.
PRESBYTERIANISM
Pres`by*te"ri*an*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. presbytérianisme.]
Defn: That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
PRESBYTERIUM
Pres`by*te"ri*um, n. Etym: [L.] (Arch.)