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Recent Examples of presbytery
Gretta wanted my grandparents to join her and a small group of other congregants in a formal complaint to the presbytery.
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Aryn Kyle, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
After the service, William and Kate headed to the cathedral’s presbytery, where the princess laid a bouquet of flowers in front of a portrait of the queen.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
In a blog post published Wednesday, Grant recounted how notifications about an active shooter at the school interrupted a presbytery planning meeting that included Chad Scruggs, Covenant Presbyterian Church pastor and father of one of the shooting victims.
—Joanna Slater, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
Reports indicate the presbytery doesn’t have a formal security program for its churches and schools but that members have worked together to share best practices and improve safety.
—Savannah Tryens-Fernandes | Stryens-Fernandes@al.com, al, 31 Mar. 2023
The church linked to the school is a member of the presbytery, which includes congregations in middle Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky.
—Travis Loller, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
On the road into the city from Melbourne, the state capital, the red brick Gothic-like presbytery of St. Alipius immediately stands out.
—Jacqueline Williams, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2018
After carefully filling an ancient presbytery near France’s Loire Valley with a personal library of no fewer than 35,000 volumes, he was compelled to pack them all up again in preparation for a move to a New York apartment.
—Ernest Hilbert, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
The local presbytery of the Presbyterian Church USA asked its leaders last year to embark on a period of self-assessment.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
Aryn Kyle, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
After the service, William and Kate headed to the cathedral’s presbytery, where the princess laid a bouquet of flowers in front of a portrait of the queen.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
In a blog post published Wednesday, Grant recounted how notifications about an active shooter at the school interrupted a presbytery planning meeting that included Chad Scruggs, Covenant Presbyterian Church pastor and father of one of the shooting victims.
—Joanna Slater, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
Reports indicate the presbytery doesn’t have a formal security program for its churches and schools but that members have worked together to share best practices and improve safety.
—Savannah Tryens-Fernandes | Stryens-Fernandes@al.com, al, 31 Mar. 2023
The church linked to the school is a member of the presbytery, which includes congregations in middle Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky.
—Travis Loller, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
On the road into the city from Melbourne, the state capital, the red brick Gothic-like presbytery of St. Alipius immediately stands out.
—Jacqueline Williams, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2018
After carefully filling an ancient presbytery near France’s Loire Valley with a personal library of no fewer than 35,000 volumes, he was compelled to pack them all up again in preparation for a move to a New York apartment.
—Ernest Hilbert, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
The local presbytery of the Presbyterian Church USA asked its leaders last year to embark on a period of self-assessment.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presbytery
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Amicable relations had long existed between the Catholic Church in Rome and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but the Roman episcopate embraced Mussolini’s regime and its aggressive foreign policy in the mid-1930s.Ian Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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The selection of Bishop McElroy, whose diocese has never been led by a cardinal, sends a message about the pope’s wish for a more liberal orientation for the U.S. episcopate.Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 29 May 2022
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Kinship and hierarchy were replaced or augmented by coöperative relationships that individuals entered into voluntarily—covenants, promises, and the economically essential contracts.Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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The hierarchy do not want to risk a repeat of that.Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Charbel and his younger brother, Elias, had decorated a small Christmas tree in the corner and were now tucking into baklava as members of the local clergy came in to see the newborn baby.Euan Ward, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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However, clergy typically must pay self-employment taxes, which include Social Security and Medicare, unless an exemption has been approved by the IRS.Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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He was ordained to the diaconate in 1971 and to the priesthood in 1972.Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
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Brignac pleaded to be let into the diaconate.David A. Hammer, NOLA.com, 16 Dec. 2020
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The performance happened in Brooklyn, in a converted church with a high balcony and ever higher windows reaching toward the pointed roof.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
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Old North Illuminated operates the church as a historic site.Landon Mion, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Presbytery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presbytery. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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