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presbytery

[prez-bi-ter-ee, pres-] / ˈprɛz bɪˌtɛr i, ˈprɛs- /
NOUN
rectory
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Grant said the presbytery doesn’t have a formal security program for its churches and schools but that members have worked together to share best practices and improve safety.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Sister Mary Ross, 79, lived in the presbytery next door and was awoken by the blaze.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2022

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

It was produced on the 14th of December 1756 with overwhelming success, in spite of the opposition of the presbytery, who summoned Alexander Carlyle to answer for having attended its representation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various