Definition of presbytery

• n. - A body of elders in the early Christian church.
• n. - A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority.
• n. - The Presbyterian religion of polity.
• n. - That part of the church reserved for the officiating priest.
• n. - The residence of a priest or clergyman.