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Definition of Presbyters

Presbyter
Presbyter Pres"by*ter, n. [L. an elder, fr. Gr. ?. See Priest.] 1. An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1. 2. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest. I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest. --Hooker. New presbyter is but old priest writ large. --Milton. 3. (Presbyterian Ch.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical. 4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.] --Hudibras.

Meaning of Presbyters from wikipedia

- whole world that one chosen from among the presbyters should be placed over the others ... Therefore, as presbyters may know that by the custom of the church...
- John the Presbyter was an obscure figure of the early Church who is either distinguished from or identified with the Apostle John and/or John of Patmos...
- Ilias the Presbyter and Ekdikos or Presbyter Elias (c. 11th century – c. 12th century) was a Byzantine Christian writer. Some texts attributed to him are...
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- Thomas the Presbyter (fl. 640) was a Syriac Orthodox priest from the vicinity of Reshaina in Upper Mesopotamia who wrote the Syriac Chronicle of 640,...
- Caius, Presbyter of Rome (also known as Gaius) was a Christian author who lived and wrote towards the beginning of the 3rd century. Only fragments of...
- Prester John (Latin: Presbyter Ioannes) was a legendary Christian patriarch, presbyter, and king. Stories po****r in Europe in the 12th to the 17th centuries...
- Trifolius was a Christian theologian of the sixth century. He is known for his Epistula ad beatum Faustum senatorem contra Ioannem Scytham monachum of...
- The Presbyter Judaeorum was the chief official of the Jews of England prior to the Edict of Expulsion. The office appears to have been for life, though...