Leader in the field of some Christian denominations.
Position of church elder in the first christian communities.
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Examples for "presbyter "
Examples for "presbyter "
1 Ordained presbyter in 364, he labored in founding religious institutions of various kinds.
2 But the daring presbyter was not silenced, and obtained powerful and numerous adherents.
3 I had an order from the chief presbyter for entry.
4 If a presbyter or deacon do the same, let him do 40 days' penance.
5 Dionysius bar-Salibi makes him a bishop, but probably he was not even a presbyter .
1 A retired church elder said he was shocked at the blaze.
2 A couple of ministers, one church elder , two deacons and one church musical director.
3 A syndic presided in the spiritual assembly at first, but only as a church elder .
4 For 35 years a teacher and headmaster, Rotarian and church elder in Fife, Roy met old pupils on the doorstep.
5 A Tongan church elder in Auckland says there needs to be more awareness in the community about the seriousness of measles.
6 No date had been confirmed for the evacuation but a church elder said it would be some time during the coming week.
7 The first eight ministers to be charged are all from parishes in the Apia area and includes at least one church elder .
8 She was then informed by a church elder that he wanted to meet with her in a hotel for a prayer session.
9 Though he lurked anonymously online, the Mormon church elder did not morph into a troll or any other species of virtual rogue.
10 Former Mormon church elder James Brian Sanders has been sent to prison for 20 years for sexually abusing Northland girls as young as six.
11 As Jan, Duncan Rock has rather less to do, and on the opening night Freddie Tong's church elder could have been a little more stentorian.
12 Church elders greeted the nearly 1000 faithful with hugs, compliments and Happy Easter!
13 Even some of the church elders were hungry and came back to Brooklyn strengthened.
14 The decisions were reached at a meeting of the church elders in Apia this week.
15 The Big Chill looks like a meeting of Victorian church elders compared to this lot.
16 The reverend Dr Afereti Uili is believed to have been dismissed by church elders on Tuesday.
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