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PRESBYTERY , in See also:architecture, that portion of the See also:choir of a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in which the high See also:altar is placed, and which is generally raised by a few steps above the See also:rest of the church. It is reserved for the priests, and in that respect differs from the choir, the stalls in which are occasionally occupied by the laity. In See also:Westminster See also:Abbey the space See also:east of the See also:transept is the presbytery, and the same arrangement is found in See also:Canterbury See also:Cathedral. In See also:San Clemente at See also:Rome the presbytery is enclosed with a See also:marble See also:balustrade or See also:screen. For the use of the word in Church See also:government see See also:PRESBYTER and See also:PRESBYTERIANISM.
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