presbyter

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• US: /ˈpɹɛzbɪtɚ/
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Learned borrowing from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Doublet of prester and priest.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: երեց (erecʻ) — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Breton: beleg — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Bulgarian: презвитер (prezviter) — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Esperanto: presbitero — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Esperanto: pastro — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• French: prêtre — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• German: Presbyter — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• German: Presbyterin — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• German: Priester — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• German: Priesterin — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Ancient Greek: πρεσβυτεροσ (presbuteros) — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Ancient Greek: πρεσβυτερασ (presbuteras) — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Indonesian: presbiter — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Indonesian: penatua — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Irish: preispitéir — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Italian: presbitero — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Latin: presbyter — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Macedonian: пре́звитер (prézviter) — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Macedonian: старе́шина (staréšina) — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Polish: prezbiter — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Polish: kapłan — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Portuguese: presbítero — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐзбитер — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Serbo-Croatian: prèzbiter — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Spanish: presbítero — elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches
• Chinese Cantonese: 長老 /长老 (zoeng2 lou5) — elder of the Presbyterian church
• Chinese: 長老 /长老 (tiún-ló) — elder of the Presbyterian church
• Chinese Mandarin: 長老 /长老 (zhǎnglǎo) — elder of the Presbyterian church
• German: Presbyter — elder of the Presbyterian church
• German: Presbyterin — elder of the Presbyterian church
• Spanish: Presbítero — elder of the Presbyterian church
• Spanish: presbítero — elder of the congregation in early Christianity