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presbytery

[prez-bi-ter-ee, pres-] / ˈprɛz bɪˌtɛr i, ˈprɛs- /
NOUN
rectory
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Sister Mary Ross, 79, lived in the presbytery next door and was awoken by the blaze.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2022

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

The local presbytery of the Presbyterian Church USA asked its leaders last year to embark on a period of self-assessment.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2017

Lower still, beneath the presbytery and choir, down twenty steps, is a very ancient crypt, in which forty marble columns support the round arches that carry the weight of the fabric above.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe




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