presbytery

presbytery
[ˈprɛzbɪt(ə)ri]
(pl. -ies)

[treated as sing. or pl.]a body of Church elders and ministers, especially (in Presbyterian Churches) an administrative body (court) representing all the local congregations of a district
（基督教长老会的）教务评议会，区会
■a district represented by such a body of elders and ministers
教务评议会管辖区；区会所辖教区
the house of a Roman Catholic parish priest
罗马天主教教区牧师住宅
(chiefly Architecture)the eastern part of a church chancel beyond the choir; the sanctuary
(主建筑)司祭席；（教堂内的）高坛

语源

late Middle English (in sense 3): from Old French presbiterie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek presbuterion, from presbuteros (see presbyter)

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