presbyterium

English

Etymology

Noun

presbyterium (plural presbyteria)

(architecture) A presbytery.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for presbyterium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρεσβῠτέριον (presbutérion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pres.byˈte.ri.um/, [prɛs.bʏˈtɛ.ri.ũ]

Noun

presbyterium n (genitive presbyteriī); second declension

presbytery (assembly of elders)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	presbyterium	presbyteria
Genitive	presbyteriī	presbyteriōrum
Dative	presbyteriō	presbyteriīs
Accusative	presbyterium	presbyteria
Ablative	presbyteriō	presbyteriīs
Vocative	presbyterium	presbyteria

References

presbyterium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
presbyterium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
presbyterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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