presbytery

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

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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 Choir, with the presbytery and retro-choir—that is to say, the whole extent of that part of the cathedral between the central tower and the entrance to the Lady Chapel—has eight bays.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by A. B. Clifton

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

Under the Southern church's constitution, a negative vote by only 16 of the 61 presbyteries would kill the merger.

From Time Magazine Archive

The vote, they told the astonished commissioners, had been unanimous in favor of submitting the union plan to the presbyteries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nearly thirty years had passed since it had been disorganized by the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, so that synods, presbyteries, and the training of preachers had become almost forgotten.

From The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles