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

This single congregation may be considered as presbyterated, i.e., furnished with an eldership; or as unpresbyterated, i.e., destitute of an eldership, having yet no elders or officers erected among them.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by

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

The ceremonies of ordination are declared to be fasting, earnest prayer, and imposition of the hands of the eldership.

From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by Fleming, David Hay

They who were convicted of such offences, were sometimes rebuked in private by an elder, and at other times by the minister in the presence of the eldership.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh