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

"I wudna wonder if ye didna come yont to tell me aboot the eldership," he said slowly.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland

Angus Strachan, ordained already, I give you the right hand of fellowship into the eldership of St. Cuthbert's church.

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

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.

The senior minister ceased to preside over the eldership; and the Church was no longer governed, as heretofore, by the "blessed presbyters."

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