What's the difference between institutor and presbyter?

Institutor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.
  • (n.) One who educates; an instructor.
  • (n.) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

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Presbyter


Definition:

  • (n.) An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1.
  • (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.
  • (n.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.
  • (n.) A Presbyterian.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The particular story it was to illustrate relates "how I became presbytic" ("Comment je devins presbyte") and shows the ophthalmologist Mayer prescribing reading glasses to Clemenceau.

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