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Of or pertaining to a presbyter or presbytery; presbyterial.

A presbytery; also, presbytership. Heber.

A female presbyter. Bale.

Presbyterian. "Presbyterial government." Milton.

Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.

That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.

Same as Presbytery, 4.

The office or station of a presbyter; presbyterate.

The Presbyterian religion of polity. [R.] Tatler.

Presbyopia.

Same as Presbyopic.

Presbyopia.

Like rhubarb.

The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint. The natural ruby of your cheeks. Shak.

Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.

A European gold wasp (Chrysis ignita) which has the under side of the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green with a metallic luster. The larva is parasitic in the nests of other wasps and of bees.

Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris).

red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.

An uncivil, turbulent fellow. [Obs.] Shak.

A large African antelope (Alcelaphus tunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.