pres‧by‧ter‧y /ˈprezbətəri, ˈprezbɪtəri $ -teri/ noun (plural presbyteries) [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: presbiterie, from Late Latin presbyterium, from Greek, from presbyteros; ⇒ priest]

1. a local court or council of the Presbyterian church or the area controlled by that church

2. a house in which a Roman Catholic priest lives

3. the eastern part of a church, behind the area where the choir (=singers) sits

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