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† presbyter, ĕri, m., = πρεσβύτερος.

  1. I. In gen., an elder (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Cor. Mil. 15.
  2. II. In partic., an elder or presbyter in the Christian Church: quid facit, exceptā ordinatione, episcopus, quod presbyter non faciat? Hier. ad Evagr. Ep. 146; Tert. Baptism. 17; Hadr. ap. Vop. Sat. 8, 3; Vulg. Jacob. 5, 14.

presbytĕrātus, ūs, m. [presbyter], the office of a presbyter or of a priest, presbyterate, priesthood (eccl. Lat.): diaconatum, et presbyteratum ambire, Hier. Ep. 22, n. 28.

† presbytĕrĭum, ĭi, n., = πρεσβυτέριον, a presbytery, assembly of elders, August. ap. Hier. Ep. 116, 33 fin.; Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 14.