Meanings
presbyterate1
presbyterate2
present singular third person presbyterates · participle present presbyterating · participle past presbyterated · past presbyterated
- rareTo constitute or organize according to the Presbyterian system, or along Presbyterian lines.
Discipline..was not to bee exercised by the minister alone and his people, but by a united power of ministers presbyterated (or their delegates, prudent chosen men for such an affaire).
1657, John Humphrey, letter in the: Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, Vol. 2
presbyterate3
- not comparableobsoleterareConstituted of presbyters or elders.
Origin
presbyterate · noun
- Medieval Latinpresbyterātus
- Englishpresbyterate
From Medieval Latin presbyterātus. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it).
More words from Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →presbyterate · adjective
From presbyter + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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