presbytery

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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

Explosive allegations have arisen from the city where Cardinal Pell was a priest from 1973-83, at one stage living in a presbytery with Ridsdale.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2016

Behind the gorgeous marble screen which divides the presbytery from the body of the church the high altar rises beneath a canopy of verde antico borne by four columns.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe