antistes

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noun

The chief minister of the Swiss Reformed Church in a given canton, from the sixteenth to the nineteeth centuries.

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Meanings

noun
  1. historicalThe chief minister of the Swiss Reformed Church in a given canton, from the sixteenth to the nineteeth centuries.

    One of the reasons Antistes Samuel was first attracted to Gustele Faber was her “second sight.”

    2003, Deirdre Bair, Jung, Little, Brown & Co., page 16
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    Anton Klingler, the Antistes of Zurich, recommended him for preferment in the Church of England as a “speedy reward” for his past service.

    2013, Sugiko Nishikawa, “The World of JC Werndli”, in Jane McKee, editor, The Huguenots, Sussex Academic Press, published 2014, page 169

Origin

  1. Latinantistes“bishop”
  2. Englishantistes

From Latin antistes (“bishop”).

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APA

antistes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antistes

MLA

“antistes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antistes. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antistes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antistes.

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