Definitions for presbyter

presbyter pres·by·ter

Spelling: [prez-bi-ter, pres-]
IPA: /ˈprɛz bɪ tər, ˈprɛs-/

Presbyter is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 254 anagrams from letters in presbyter (beeprrsty).

Definitions for presbyter

noun

  1. (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
  2. (in hierarchical churches) a priest.
  3. an elder in a Presbyterian church.

Origin of presbyter

1590-1600; Late Latin, noun use of the adj.: older Greek presbýteros, equivalent to présby(s) old + -teros comparative suffix

Examples for presbyter

Then Cletus, the second presbyter, rose and said: Our father Linus has spoken.

The word prester was understood to be a corruption of presbyter.

If you put these questions to Bishop or presbyter, he has no reply.

According to the Stowe Missal it was administered by a presbyter.

My business seems to be to evangelise,—to be a presbyter at large.

His family had been Christians for generations; his great-grandfather was a presbyter.

And so this led to the conclusion to exalt him to the order of presbyter.

There was no priest (cohen); the presbyter was the "elder," nothing more.

We do not know; no answer has been discovered; and Hartmann remained a presbyter to the end.

The diaconate, the presbyter, priest or elder, and the επισκοπος or bishop.

Word Value for presbyter
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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