eldership
Example Sentences
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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
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 J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
It was a day of thaw, nothing to be heard from a distance but the swish of curling-stones through 144 water on Rashie-bog, where the match for the eldership was going on.
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Another memory cherished in the monastery was that of the famous Father Varsonofy, who was only recently dead and had preceded Father Zossima in the eldership.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The weight of authority is certainly very decidedly in favour of the opinion which identifies this eldership with the presbytery.
From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by David Hay Fleming
