eldership

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"Dr Mawhinney's comments ignore the fact that it has been the policy of the Presbyterian Church to ordain women to eldership for almost a century, and to the ministry for exactly fifty years," it continued.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

In spite of Hung's line of ancestry and his father's eldership, they were far from being well supplied with the good things of this life; in fact, their freehold was barely sufficient to support them.

From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.

The weight of authority is certainly very decidedly in favour of the opinion which identifies this eldership with the presbytery.

From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by Fleming, David Hay

Zinzendorf's monarchical prerogative was surrendered to the eldership, and Spangenberg prudently secured the withdrawal of all excrescences and extravagances.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

But the proper, public, official, authoritative power, is quite denied to the body of the people, furnished with an eldership or destitute thereof.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by