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

In fact, the eldership is used in the Second Book of Discipline itself as a convertible term with presbytery, and is often so used in the acts of contemporary assemblies.

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

All these prerogatives belonged to the united eldership, in which the lay element was distinctly predominant.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

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

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)