presbytery

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The church linked to the school is a member of the presbytery, which includes congregations in middle Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky.

From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2023

Marek Mielewczyk was a 13-year-old altar boy when a priest asked him to come to his presbytery.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2019

Stationed since 7 a.m. within the pale-green walls of the tiny presbytery room, he was supposed to have been relieved after working an eight-hour shift.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2019

For the first time since they shared the St Alipius presbytery at Ballarat in the 1970s, George Pell will be back under the same roof as the worst of the worst.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2019

And, by ministers, their ordaining elders in every church, with the consent of that church; but a prelate's collation is not this act of a presbytery.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander