presbyter
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Doublet of prester.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
presbyter (plural presbyters)
- A priest or minister in various churches.
- An elder of the Presbyterian church.
- An elder of the congregation in early Christianity.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
priest in various churches
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ReferencesEdit
- presbyter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpres.by.ter/, [ˈpɾɛs̠bʏt̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpres.bi.ter/, [ˈpɾɛzbit̪ɛr]
NounEdit
presbyter m (genitive presbyterī); second declension
- (Late Latin, Christian Latin) an elder, presbyter
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | presbyter | presbyterī |
Genitive | presbyterī | presbyterōrum |
Dative | presbyterō | presbyterīs |
Accusative | presbyterum | presbyterōs |
Ablative | presbyterō | presbyterīs |
Vocative | presbyter | presbyterī |
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DescendantsEdit
- → Albanian: prift
- Aromanian: preftu
- Catalan: prevere
- Corsican: preti
- Dalmatian: priast
- Emilian: prît
- → English: presbyter, prester
- Old Francoprovençal: prestre, prestro (nominative form) ; preveiro (from the accusative form)
- Franco-Provençal: prêtro
- French: prêtre
- Friulian: predi
- → Irish: preispitéir
- Italian: prete
- → Middle Dutch: priester
- Neapolitan: prevete, preote
- Occitan: preire, preveire, prestre
- → Old English: prēost
- Middle English: prest, preest
- English: priest
- → Old Norse: prestr
- Middle English: prest, preest
- Old French: prestre, provoire
- → Old High German: prēstar
- → Old Welsh: primter
- → Primitive Irish: ᚊᚏᚔᚋᚔᚈᚔᚏ (qrimitir)
- Old Irish: cruimther
- Middle Irish: cruimther, cruimmther, cruimper
- Irish: cruimhthir
- Scottish Gaelic: cruimthear
- Middle Irish: cruimther, cruimmther, cruimper
- Old Irish: cruimther
- → Primitive Irish: ᚊᚏᚔᚋᚔᚈᚔᚏ (qrimitir)
- Romanian: preot
- Romansch: prer, prear, preir
- Sardinian: preide, prede, predi
- Sicilian: prèviti
- Spanish: preste
- Venetian: prète, prèvede, pre
ReferencesEdit
- presbyter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- presbyter in Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016, retrieved 16 July 2016