presbytery

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Recent Examples of presbytery Inside Brixworth Church The choir, or presbytery—the heart of the church—is separated from the nave by a large arch. David Nikel, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 Gretta wanted my grandparents to join her and a small group of other congregants in a formal complaint to the presbytery. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presbytery
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Sylvia Wynter – Questions colonial and racial hierarchies that shape dominant visual paradigms.
    Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Saylor, famously bullish on bitcoin, said the cryptocurrency sits at the top of a hierarchy of assets as a digital commodity; followed by digital currencies, or stablecoins; tokenized stocks and bonds that can circulate 24/7; and finally, digital tokens.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Will that change under Trump 2.0? Love Trump or hate him, all Jews should object to his appropriation of ‘Shalom’ | Commentary Photographs of the clergy holding the sign made it into much of the media coverage of the event.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Eulogies were given by clergy members, who were unlikely to have known the deceased as well as their relatives and friends, and could inadvertently make mistakes — misattributing specific virtues, for example.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • He was ordained to the diaconate in 1971 and to the priesthood in 1972.
    Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Brignac pleaded to be let into the diaconate.
    David A. Hammer, NOLA.com, 16 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • The basilica holds significance to Francis, who usually visits the church before and after trips abroad, as well as after hospital stays.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Since emerging, the group has successfully protected liquor stores, churches, shrines and residences from theft and vandalism, according to the Eagles of Antioch.
    Chris Massaro, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Presbytery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presbytery. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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