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Meanings of presbyter in English

Russian
пресвитер
Portuguese
presbíteros
Spanish
archimandrita
Catalan
sacerdot

Profession.

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        Usage of presbyter in English
        1
        Ordained presbyter in 364, he labored in founding religious institutions of various kinds.
        The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01: Basil to Calvin
        2
        But the daring presbyter was not silenced, and obtained powerful and numerous adherents.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity
        3
        I had an order from the chief presbyter for entry.
        Friends, though divided: A Tale of the Civil War
        4
        If a presbyter or deacon do the same, let him do 40 days' penance.
        A Source Book for Ancient Church History
        5
        Dionysius bar-Salibi makes him a bishop, but probably he was not even a presbyter.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        6
        Presbyterianism is derived from the word presbyter, meaning an elder.'
        Scenes of Clerical Life
        7
        What was the original meaning of the words "presbyter," "bishop," and "deacon"?
        Early European History
        8
        Presently the door opened, and in the dim lamp-light appeared the presbyter Andreas, stepping softly.
        Veranilda
        9
        Valens, a presbyter, having fallen into the sin of covetousness, he exhorts them against it.
        The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testamen...
        10
        As a presbyter he could speak, but not vote.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity
        11
        Priest, which was presbyter, corresponded to senator, and was a title to respect and honor.
        Pages from an Old Volume of Life; A Collection of Essays, 1857-1...
        12
        Si quis presbyter) that "priests should not swear for trifling reasons."
        Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
        13
        The presbyter would fain have summoned a number of his divines for a discussion this evening.
        Friends, though divided: A Tale of the Civil War
        14
        Negotiations had reached this point when new visitors arrived, the Bishop of Surrentum and presbyter Joannes.
        Veranilda
        15
        The chief presbyter received the name of "overseer," or bishop.
        Early European History
        16
        I shall not speedily forget the truly good presbyter, Anthonio Garcia de Aguilar, Cura of Pitiegua.
        The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...