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presbytery

[prez-bi-ter-ee, pres-] / ˈprɛz bɪˌtɛr i, ˈprɛs- /
NOUN
rectory
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Marek Mielewczyk was a 13-year-old altar boy when a priest asked him to come to his presbytery.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2019

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

Incense, prayer, soaring aspiration, the symbolization of this presbytery is a perfect thing: again vividly came the conviction that temples such as these have had and ever will have a vital influence on a race.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle




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