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

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.

I soon perceived that I could do little unless I had power vested in me--unless I were elected to the eldership.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil

In St. Cuthbert's, the pride of eldership was chiefly vested in their wives and daughters.

From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.

Could we tell when this work of Hermas was written, we could also perhaps name the very year when the president of the eldership was first called bishop.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)