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 concerning this business that Taras very nearly lost his eldership by reason of a word of sensible advice.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil

If he could venture to encounter the hoary-headed eldership and substantial theology of the North, surely I may, without fear, address myself to the flimsy evangelism of the South.” 

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Could we tell when this work of Hermas was written, we could also perhaps name the very year when the president of the eldership was first called bishop.

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

But the girls' pride in his advancement was so colossal, and their determination to live up to the dignity of the eldership was so deep-seated, that affairs ran on quite serenely in the new home.

From Prudence Says So by Hueston, Ethel