Presbytery

A presbytery can be

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• the residence of one or more presbyters, priests, or religious elders; or
• an area of a church or cathedral reserved for priests; or
• the collective college of priests in a diocese, archdiocese, or prelature; or
• the local unit in the polity of a Presbyterian church, consisting of presbyters (i.e. elders and ministers) of several local congregations; several presbyteries may then form a synod.