eldership
Example Sentences
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"Dr Mawhinney's comments ignore the fact that it has been the policy of the Presbyterian Church to ordain women to eldership for almost a century, and to the ministry for exactly fifty years," it continued.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2023
But the girls' pride in his advancement was so colossal, and their determination to live up to the dignity of the eldership was so deep-seated, that affairs ran on quite serenely in the new home.
From Prudence Says So by Ethel Hueston
Zinzendorf's monarchical prerogative was surrendered to the eldership, and Spangenberg prudently secured the withdrawal of all excrescences and extravagances.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
It was given at first to every president of the eldership, because he was, in point of fact, the father, or senior member, of the judicatory.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by W. D. (William Dool) Killen
I took the eldership at your hands, I know, saying nothing of the dark blot that soiled the past.
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
