---

Presbyo-

---

Read Also:

• Presbyope

  presbyope pres·by·ope (prěz’bē-ōp’, prěs’-) n. A person affected with presbyopia.

• Presbyopia

  noun, Ophthalmology. 1. farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens. noun 1. a progressively diminishing ability of the eye to focus, noticeable from middle to old age, caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens presbyopia pres·by·o·pi·a (prěz’bē-ō’pē-ə, prěs’-) n. Inability of the eye to focus sharply […]

• Presbyt.

  1. Presbyterian.

• Presbyter

  noun 1. (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions. 2. (in hierarchical churches) a priest. 3. an elder in a Presbyterian church. noun 1. an elder of a congregation in the early Christian Church (in some Churches having episcopal politics) an official who is subordinate to a […]

• Presbyterate

  [prez-bit-er-it, -uh-reyt, pres-] /prɛzˈbɪt ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt, prɛs-/ noun 1. the office of a presbyter or elder. 2. a body of presbyters or elders. presbyterate /prɛzˈbɪtərɪt; -ˌreɪt/ noun 1. the status or office of a presbyter 2. a group of presbyters

---