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presbyterate en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Medieval Latin presbyterātus. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it).

Meanings

1. presbytership, eldership
2. The order of presbyters.
3. A body of presbyters or elders of the Church.

Forms

presbyterate en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree English presbyter Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English presbyterate From presbyter + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (rare) To constitute or organize according to the Presbyterian system, or along Presbyterian lines.
   • Discipline..was not to bee exercised by the minister alone and his people, but by a united power of ministers presbyterated (or their delegates, prudent chosen men for such an affaire). 1657, John Humphrey, letter in the: Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, Vol. 2:

Forms

presbyterate en · ADJ · etymology 3

Etymology

Etymology tree English presbyter Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English presbyterate From presbyter + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete, rare) Constituted of presbyters or elders.