1eccl.archit.presbytery, part of a church within the altar rails that is reserved for officiating clergy:
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xivin
)
Seinte Osith [...] Dekes a l’auter est dreit venue [...]. E puis repeire belement, E entre pilers se estent En presbiterie del muster
833
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
Quant a ço q’oem chantot la messe, Li poeple [...] Qui fors del presbitere eroient Un porc entre lor piez sentoient Courre a grant noise
12239
2eccl.Bibl.Judaismtheol.priesthood, collective of Old Testament priests:
(
c.1360-79;
MS: s.xivex
)
Melchisedech fuist le primer Qui Dieus eslust pour celebrer El ordre de presbiterie
16131
presbiterie (c.1200)