eldership

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"Dr Mawhinney's comments ignore the fact that it has been the policy of the Presbyterian Church to ordain women to eldership for almost a century, and to the ministry for exactly fifty years," it continued.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

It was given at first to every president of the eldership, because he was, in point of fact, the father, or senior member, of the judicatory.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

The senior minister ceased to preside over the eldership; and the Church was no longer governed, as heretofore, by the "blessed presbyters."

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

In St. Cuthbert's, the pride of eldership was chiefly vested in their wives and daughters.

From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.

The term "elder" as commonly used among the Jews in the days of Jesus had no closer relation to eldership in the Melchizedek Priesthood than had the title "scribe".

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward