Presbytery and presbyterium may refer to: *

Presbyterium Presbyterium is a modern term used in the Catholic Church and Eastern Catholic Churches after the Second Vatican Council in reference to a college of priests, in active ministry, of an individual particular church such as a diocese or eparchy. T ...

, a body of ordained, active priests in the Catholic or Anglican churches *

Presbytery (architecture) In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. Ove ...

, the area of a church building more commonly referred to as the "chancel" or "sanctuary" *

Presbytery (church polity) Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders. Each local church is governed by a body of elected elders usually called the session or ...

, a governing body of elders in Presbyterianism *

Presbytery (residence) A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage. Function A clergy house is typically own ...

, a clergy house, especially for the home of one or more Roman Catholic priests

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