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presbyterium en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin presbyterium. Doublet of presbytery.

Meanings

1. A presbytery.
   • Many stuccos and paintings were also found on the mosaic floor of the presbyterium and choir; most of these are now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis. 1976, A. Ennabli, “MACOMADES MINORES”, in Richard Stillwell, William L[loyd] MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister, editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 540, column 1:
2. A college of priests in active ministry of a particular Catholic church; a diocese, eparchy, or similar group of priests.

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