presbyter
English
/ˈpɹezbɪtə/, /ˈpɹezbɪtɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A priest or minister in various churches.
- An elder of the Presbyterian church.
- An elder of the congregation in early Christianity.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin presbyter (elder, priest) derived from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (elder, older, senior).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πρεσβύτερος
Gloss
elder, older, senior
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archpresbyter English
- archpresbytery English
- presbyteral English
- presbyterate English
- presbyteress English
- presbyterial English
- presbyterian English
- presbyterianism English
- presbytership English
- presbytery English
- presbytress English
- retropresbyteral English
- *preptо̄ Latin
- *previter Latin
- preb(i)ter Latin
- presbyter Latin
- prev(i)ter Latin
- previter Latin
- presbitero Italian
- πρέσβῠς Ancient Greek
- πρεσβύτερος Ancient Greek
- prezbiter Polish
- preost Old English
- prēost Old English
- prēost, preost Old English
- preispitéir Irish
- prestre Old French
- presbitero Esperanto
- prezbiter Serbo-Croatian
- презбитер Serbo-Croatian
- arcipreste Galician
- priester Middle Dutch
- preire Occitan
- priast Dalmatian
- primter Old Welsh
- prét Emilian
- prît Emilian
- prit Romagnol