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
And, by ministers, their ordaining elders in every church, with the consent of that church; but a prelate's collation is not this act of a presbytery.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
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
The new proposal is not yet church law; it must first be approved by three-fourths of the 83 presbyteries, then by next year's General Assembly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under the Southern church's constitution, a negative vote by only 16 of the 61 presbyteries would kill the merger.
From Time Magazine Archive
No sooner got he this power than he began to shew his teeth by pressing conformity both by word and writing, and for that purpose sent instructions to all the presbyteries within his jurisdiction.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie
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