What's the difference between presbyter and prester?
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.
Prester
Definition:
(n.) A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
(n.) One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.