different between presbyter vs presbyterianism

English

Etymology

From Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (presbúteros), from ??????? (présbus, “elder, older”). Doublet of prester.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?ezb?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?ezb?t?/, /?p?esb?t?/

Noun

presbyter (plural presbyters)

1. A priest or minister in various churches.
2. An elder of the Presbyterian church.
3. An elder of the congregation in early Christianity.

Related terms

Translations

References

• presbyter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (presbúteros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pres.by.ter/, [?p??s?b?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pres.bi.ter/, [?p??zbit??r]

Noun

presbyter m (genitive presbyter?); second declension

1. (Late Latin, Christian Latin) an elder, presbyter

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Derived terms

• presbytera
• presbyter?tus

Related terms

• presbyterium

Descendants

References

• presbyter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• presbyter in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

English

Etymology

presbyterian +? -ism

Noun

presbyterianism (uncountable)

1. That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.

References

• presbyterianism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.