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presbyterate

noun, verb, adj — 5 senses

presbyterate

noun

Etymology From Medieval Latin presbyterātus. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it).

1

presbytership, eldership

2

The order of presbyters.

3

A body of presbyters or elders of the Church.

presbyterate

verb

Etymology From presbyter + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

1

Rare To constitute or organize according to the Presbyterian system, or along Presbyterian lines.

  • Discipline..was not to bee exercised by the minister alone and his people, but by a united power of ministers presbyterated (or their delegates, prudent chosen men for such an affaire).1657, John Humphrey, letter in the: Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, Vol. 2:

presbyterate

adj

Etymology From presbyter + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

1

Obsolete, Rare Constituted of presbyters or elders.

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