What's the difference between presbyter and presbytership?
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.
Presbytership
Definition:
(n.) The office or station of a presbyter; presbyterate.