English Explanatory Dictionary

presbyteress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A presbyter or priest's wife.
  2. A female presbyter (elder of the congregation in early Christianity).

Word forms

presbyteress presbyteresses

Etymology

From Medieval Latin presbyterissa. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ess. Piecewise doublet of priestess.

Synonyms

presbytera priestess
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