presbytery
noun
[ ˈprɛzbɪt(ə)ri ]
• a body of Church elders and ministers, especially (in Presbyterian Churches) an administrative body (court) representing all the local congregations of a district.
• the house of a Roman Catholic parish priest.
• the eastern part of a church chancel beyond the choir; the sanctuary.
Origin:
late Middle English (in presbytery (sense 3)): from Old French presbiterie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek presbuterion, from presbuteros (see presbyter).
