Hypertext Webster Gateway: "presbyter"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Presbyter \Pres"by*ter\, n. [L. an elder, fr. Gr. ?. See
{Priest}.]
1. An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation
under {Bishop}, n., 1.

2. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) One ordained to the second
order in the ministry; -- called also {priest}.

I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest.
--Hooker.

New presbyter is but old priest writ large.
--Milton.

3. (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or
clerical.

4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.] --Hudibras.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

presbyter
n : an elder in the Presbyterian Church

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