Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The absolute dominion of presbytery; presbytery as exercising supreme or sovereign authority.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The absolute dominion of presbytery.
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- noun The
absolute dominion ofpresbytery .
Etymologies
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arch- + presbytery
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Examples
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For the purposes of administration the diocese is divided into the archpresbytery of Bruges and 14 rural deaneries, the former being subdivided into 8 parishes ministered to by 31 priests, and the latter into 286 parishes served by 642 priests.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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