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presbytery

Meaning of “presbytery”

A body or company of elders.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Webster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Timothy 4:14

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1 Timothy 4:14
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 4:14 · retained source text

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was giuen thee by prophesie, with the laying on of the hands of the Presbyterie.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A body of elders in the christian church.

volume 2, leaf 349, column 3 (noun entry, sense 1)