presbytery
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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
But the usual situation of the Lady Chapel, at the east end of the choir or presbytery, proves nothing of the kind.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
In the lead-up to the debate, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 23, 2022
Ahead of the vote, a report to the General Assembly showed that 29 of 42 presbyteries supported the change, which would also allow Kirk buildings to be used for gay weddings.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
Conservatives in the Southern church based their hopes of blocking the merger on a clause in their constitution that demands approval of three-fourths of the church's 73 presbyteries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presbyterians' 257 regional presbyteries, similar approval by the General Assemblies and presbyteries of the other two denominations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost all the Bernese clergy, when banished from their churches and presbyteries, sought shelter and protection on the hospitable soil of France.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
