presbytery
/ˈprezbɪtərɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- treated as sing. or pl. a body of Church elders and ministers, especially (in Presbyterian Churches) an administrative body (court) representing all the local congregations of a district（基督教长老会的）教务评议会, 区会。
1.1
- a district represented by such a body of elders and ministers教务评议会管辖区; 区会所辖教区。
2
- the house of a Roman Catholic parish priest（罗马天主教）教区牧师住宅。
3
- chiefly Architecture the eastern part of a church chancel beyond the choir; the sanctuary【主建筑】司祭席; （教堂内的）高坛。
词源
late Middle English (in sense 3)： from Old French presbiterie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek presbuterion, from presbuteros （see PRESBYTER）.