presbyterial
See also: Presbyterial
English edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin presbyterium + -al.[1] By surface analysis, presbyter + -ial or presbytery + -al.
Adjective edit
presbyterial (comparative more presbyterial, superlative most presbyterial)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
presbyterial (plural presbyterials)
- A presbytery run by the Women's Missionary Society.
References edit
- “presbyterial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “presbyterial, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.