Presbyter

Definition: Presbyter

Presbyter

Noun

1. An elder in the Presbyterian Church.

Date "presbyter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references)

Etymology: Presbyter \Pres"by*ter\, noun. [Latin expression an elder, from the Greek expression. See Priest.]. (Websters 1913)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Clergy	Clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister; father, father in Christ; padre, abbe, cure; patriarch; reverend; black coat; confessor.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

A presbyter is a name for a priest in some Eastern Orthodox and other liturgical churches.
A presbyter is also a word for an elder, a church officer in the presbyterian form of church government (See also: Presbyterianism).

Crosswords: Presbyter

English words defined with "presbyter": Arian, Atherine ♦ Institutor ♦ Presbyteral, Presbyteress, Presbytership, Prester ♦ Ruling elder. (references)

Specialty definitions using "presbyter": Novatians ♦ Orosius. (references)

Etymologies containing "presbyter": Presbytery. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Presbyter" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (presbyter), Swedish (presbyter).

Domain	Title
Books	Augustine: Presbyter Factus Sum (Collectanea Augustiniana) (reference) Die Kirche und ihr Geld : vom Geld begeistert, vom Geist bewegt? : eine Handreichung für Presbyter und Presbyterinnen, Mitglieder von Kirchenvorständen und andere Interessierte (reference) Eutropius Presbyter und sein Traktat "De similitudine carnis peccati" (reference) Fathers of the Church: Salvian, the Presbyter (reference) Kirchenvorsteher, Presbyter, Älteste : eine Analyse der Volkskirche (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Presbyter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Presbyter" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	7	133,076

Expression using "presbyter": Atherina presbyter. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "presbyter": fellow-presbyter.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "presbyter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		prift (beneficiary, camister, churchman, divine, jack-priest, josser, priest), prezbiterian (presbyterian), meshtar (canon of the mass, minister). (various references)

Arabic		‏كاهن (cassock, clergyman, clerical, cohen, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, priest, rector, reverend, vicar), ‏عضو مجلس كهنوتي. (various references)

Bulgarian		старейшина (elder), свещеник (camister, cassock, chaplain, clergyman, dominie, minister, parson, pastor, priest, secular, sky pilot, vicar), презвитер. (various references)

Czech		presbyter. (various references)

French		prêtre (priest), membre du conseil presbytéral. (various references)

German		Älteste. (various references)

Greek		πρεσβύτεροσ (major, premier, senior). (various references)

Hebrew		כומר (chaplain, magus, official, padre, pastor, prebendary). (various references)

Hungarian		presbiter (elder, lay elder). (various references)

Italian		presbitero. (various references)

Pig Latin		esbyterpray

Portuguese		presbítero. (various references)

Romanian		preot (Canon, chaplain, clergyman, cleric, curate, devil-dodger, divine, father, incumbent, minister, padre, parson, pastor, pope, preacher, prelate, priest, rector, Reverend, rook, vicar). (various references)

Russian		священник (celebrant, chaplain, circuit rider, clergyman, dominie, jack-priest, josser, minister, officiant, ordinary, parson, prelate, priest, sky pilot, the Reverend gentleman), пресвитер. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prezbiterijanac (presbyterian). (various references)

Spanish		presbítero. (various references)

Swedish		presbyter. (various references)

Turkish		piskopostan sonra gelen papaz, kilise yönetim kurulu üyesi. (various references)

Ukrainian		пресвітер. (various references)

Welsh		henuriad (elder). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	presbyteri, presbyteris, presbyterorum, presbyteros, presbyterum. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	presbyter. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "presbyter": presbyterate, presbyterates, presbyterial, presbyterially, presbyterials, presbyterian, presbyteries, presbyters, presbytery. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Presbyter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prebyster, presbiter. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "presbyter" (pronounced 'Pres"by*ter'): Abutter, Acater, Accelerometer, Accipiter, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Acidimeter, Acoumeter, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aerometer, Aflutter, Aglitter, Airometer, Alabaster, Albuminimeter, Alcalimeter, Aleurometer, Algometer, Alkalimeter, Allotter, Altimeter, Altometer, Ammeter, Amphiaster, Amylobacter, Amylometer, Anemometer, Anglemeter, Angulometer, Animater, Anthracometer, Antimeter, Antitrochanter, Apomecometer, Apporter, Araeometer, Archiater, Archpresbyter, Areometer, Arithmometer, Astrolater, Astrometer, Astrophotometer, Atmidometer, Atmometer. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-p-r-r-s-t-y"
	-2 letters: prester, preyers, retypes.
	-3 letters: berets, perter, pester, peters, preset, preyer, pryers, rester, retype, spryer, terser, yester.
	-4 letters: beeps, beers, beery, beets, beret, berry, beset, brees, byres, bytes, ester, eyers, eyres, peers, peery, perry, perse, pesty, peter, prees, prese, prest, preys, pryer, pyres, reest, reset, retry, seepy, serer, serry, speer, spree, steep, steer, stere.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-p-r-r-s-t-y"
	+1 letter: presbyters, presbytery.
	+3 letters: presbyterate, presbyterial, presbyterian, presbyteries.
	+4 letters: presbyterates, presbyterials.
	+5 letters: obstreperously, presbyterially, preservability, repressibility.
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