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Recent Examples of presbytery
Casa Carolina Hotel What was originally the presbytery of the Santa Catalina de Alejandría Cathedral is now one of Cartagena's newest boutique hotels, Casa Carolina.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
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
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 | [email protected], 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
The national presbytery of the Assemblies of God defrocked Swaggart, removing his credentials and ministerial license.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
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
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 | [email protected], 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
The national presbytery of the Assemblies of God defrocked Swaggart, removing his credentials and ministerial license.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presbytery
Noun
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The diaconate represents the Church’s third degree of holy orders, below the presbyterate, or priests, and episcopate, or bishops.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
5 Dec. 2025
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Vatican observers have long speculated that Francis saw Prevost as a potential successor, especially given his rapid rise and central role in shaping the modern episcopate.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Noun
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McGinniss watches and lives and eats with the team, painting enchanting portraits of the team hierarchy at work over many-course meals.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens
June 8,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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The Spanish hierarchy had largely dismissed the scale of abuse in their church for decades until a newspaper began documenting a legacy of abuse and cover-up.—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Shaped by the anticlerical violence of the country’s 1936-1939 civil war, the church has dealt more recently with a credibility crisis over revelations of decades of clergy abuse and cover-up.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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Others are subsidiaries of conglomerates, known as bonyads, that answer to the clergy.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The diaconate represents the Church’s third degree of holy orders, below the presbyterate, or priests, and episcopate, or bishops.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
5 Dec. 2025
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Two commissions studying the question of women in the diaconate, keeping discernment alive even without doctrinal change.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The husband and wife's community service began with a step of faith among fellow church members.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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There are two dogs, for example, in Bartholomeus van Bassen’s painting of an imagined church interior with the tomb of William the Silent (pictured above, 1620).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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