presbytery

PRES'BYTERY, noun A body of elders in the christian church.Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery 1 Timothy 4:14.1. In ecclesiastical government, a judicatory consisting of all the pastors of churches within a certain district, and one ruling elder, a layman, from each parish, commissioned to represent the parish in conjunction with the minister. This body receives appeals from the kirk-session, and appeals from the presbytery may be carried to the provincial synod.The presbytery of the churches in the United States is composed in a manner nearly similar.2. The presbyterian religion