eldership

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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

Five of them, constituting a majority, formed themselves into a regular opposition; and for several years the Carthaginian Church was distracted by the struggles between the bishop and his eldership.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

The senior minister ceased to preside over the eldership; and the Church was no longer governed, as heretofore, by the "blessed presbyters."

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

What one church without its eldership can be instanced in the New Testament, that in such cases once presumed to exercise such power, which might be precedent or example for it to other churches?

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by

SESSION, s. the consistory, or parochial eldership in Scotland.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander